ULTRALIGHT SCOPE MOUNT Reviews & Ratings

I continue to be impressed with the quality and clean lines on any of the Aero Precision products that I have had the pleasure of working on. This 1" scope mount fits excellent on my AR10 that I use for hunting up in the hills, and when you're hiking at 8-9k feet, anything one can do to shed extra weight helps, cause you feel every ounce eventually. Highly recommend this scope mount.

Very happy. Easy installation. Does not need to be fully separated to install on a top rail (just enough to loosen screws). Light but holds scope very well. I probably would make A later a little bit less visible. For example make it engraved in black as it attracts too much attention. But it is ok.

It helps keep an AR lightweight for hunting or carrying. It seems like the advantage of the AR being light is lost on many gear-kommandos. It also has integral recoil lugs built into the mount which is nice. Holds zero and has had no changes when removed. Returned to the same tightness by marking index points on mount/screw. Good price for US made product.

Mounted on a RRA barreled for 6.5 Grendel. This will be the only AR mount I buy in the future. It is light, solid, simple, not to pricy and the quality of the manufacturing is outstanding. It will cant your leveled scope a tad as you tighten the ring screws, just a few readjusting sequences to get it dead level and it is good forever. That seems hardly worth a mention to me because I almost always have the same experience during all scope mounting operations regardless of make of the rings.

Built a project AR-15 5.56 carbine, used this scope mount with a Vortex 3-9X40. Scope went right in, was perfect height. Fit and finish of the mount was great, held the scope tight with no issues at all. Tested at 100 yards at the range and was getting .89" groups (that's under 1 MOA) within the first ten rounds! Mount comes with a Torx wrench to use on the screws, which are ALL the same size, a nice detail. I plan to use the same mount the next time!

I ordered this mount for a lightweight 6.5 Grendel build. I looks great and is certainly much lighter than other mounts that I have. But there are a few things you should consider. First, the extended version would work better with almost all of my scopes. I am mount a Leupold 4.5-14 on this rifle and I have pushed everything as far forward as I can and it doesn't work well at 4.5 power. When I crank the power up to 14x there isn't nearly enough eye relief. I am going to have to get the extended version, even with a rifle length buffer tube. The main problem for me is that the scope will rotate a bit when you tighten down the rings. I tried over and over to get the crosshairs perfectly level, but every time I started to tighten the ring screws, the scope rotates a bit. I suspect that any of the Aero Precision scope mounts will do the same. I wouldn't say it is a quality issue, just a problem that comes with the design. While this is problematic, I guess the trade off is how light weight mount is. I am not sure the weight trade off is worth it...

Looks great and it is very light weight. I found that I needed an extended version as my scope can go forward nearly enough to function properly. That is not a fault of the rings, just that I need to get something more extended. The worse thing in my mind is how the rings tighten to hold the scope. The rings hook together on top. It is very simplistic, but when I tightened the screws (2 per ring), they would continually twist the scope. I loosened the rings and tried moving the scope so it would twist into place. If long range and precision shooting is your goal, I think this mount is problematic. There were no instructions, and on the Aero Precision website it just says "torque to 15 lbs" but didn't say if that was for the bases and the rings screws or what. But like I said, if maintaining the lightest weight possible is the goal, they certainly hit that nail on the head.

The overall construction quality is good. This is my first single-piece mount. Aero now has a torque spec of 15-25 in-lbs/screw. When torquing to spec, the scope is canted clockwise (looking into the eyepiece). I found that completely loosening and retightening caused the scope to be further corrected, so my method of aligning was to overcorrect for the cant and keep retightening until the scope was level (using a Wheeler 2-piece leveling kit). This ratcheting effect is due to the tolerancing on the gladhand-like locking design at the top of the rings. Torquing down the screws at the base causes the rings to lock together, with a relatively large amount of slipping, causing one side of the rings to slip and pull the scope. Mounts with screws on opposite sides of the scope probably don't have as much as an issue. The mount is lightweight and very economical, when compared to other single-piece mounts. If you are looking for a mount to attach a scope that is used for hunting or anything that is done without dialing the scope much, this should do well. However, if you are using a precision rifle, I would suggest getting Leupold Mark 4 Super high rings, if you have enough of a rail to comfortably place your scope. If you want a single piece that quickly detaches, then I suggest saving up for a mount with quick release levers, such as the LaRue mounts. I have a slight cant in my scope after working on it for about half an hour. I don't like the inability to fine-tune the scope, so I will replace it when I start dialing in shots over 600 yards with the LR308 platform it is on. For anything less technical, this is an awesome mount. If/when I build an AR15 for 3-gun, I will definitely reuse this mount. However, with similarly-priced mounts having different ring design, I cannot recommend this mount over others.