AR Rings

[Deacon]

I'm curious why you need to have it at a certain height? As long as the bell clears the handguard that's all you should need, right?

I think that's right. I figure, low as possible to clear. Any lower than 3/4 felt uncomfortable to me. I got a good consistent cheek weld and I think that's the important thing. He DID say he has a FSB though, so now that I think about it, I may have to try it on my other upper to see if it'll work.

 

[Josh-L]

The fsb is not an issue because you won't see it with a magnified optic. The AR was designed to have the sights a certain height above the bore so when you hear "proper" height that means it should be the same or as close to the same height your irons would be. I only use two platforms. Either a cantilevered type mount like the ADM or LaRue or a Hahn scout rail with regular rings. I use low or medium height rings when using the scout rail spending on how large the scope objective is.

 

[dennishoddy]

I'm curious why you need to have it at a certain height? As long as the bell clears the handguard that's all you should need, right?

The scope would be too low. It would be hard to get your head low enough to get a good sight picture.