What makes a $60 Nikon or Burris differ from the $200 ADM or Brobro?
What makes a $60 Nikon or Burris differ from the $200 ADM or Brobro?
Quality.
I recommended the ADM, LaRue, & Bobro if you wanted a QD mount. You can buy a PEPR QD mount, but I wouldn't trust it returning to zero very well. Geissele makes an outstanding mount, but if you're questioning the difference between Nikon and Bobro, it's probably out of the realm of your needs.
I thought the general consensus here was there is no such thing as a QD that retains zero. So what if we take actually using the QD entirely out of the discussion. Why is a LaRue worth the extra $200 bones over a Nikon. What is 4x the money actually earn me? I mean we are talking AR platform rifles not magnum chamberings. I got to be missing something because people buy the expensive stuff all day long.
Kinda tough to compare the price considering the part that required the extra R&D and moving parts is part of the reason it costs more. But in general, things that cost more come with more... Meaning, better quality control, better materials, better machining etc. Visually I cannot tell the difference between a 100 dollar and 300 dollar barrel, but the 300 dollar barrel more than likely has a more expensive finish, harder or higher quality metal, and better precision. Same with the mounts, more than likely will hold your optic better, handle recoil better, and is made from barstock aluminum.
Based on multiple people here advising me against QD mounts or at least tempering my expectations of them on Bayou Shooter. High end QDs don't provide a definable value to me. Because once I mount a scope and zero it, taking it on and off for grins ain't happening. I get the point in not mounting any scope with cheap Ching Chong rings that will fold like Reynolds wrap. I looked at the Nikon and the one factor that bothers me about them is it doesn't have but two screws per ring, and to be fair that's probably a deal breaker for me. I feel like this is in many cases the is a 93 octane kind of argument. Don't buy crappy gas don't buy crappy rings but just like putting 93 in most (important caveat most) vehicles just is a waste of money spending an arm and a leg on high zoot mount for an AR Pattern rifle may be too. And when I say crappy rings I am referring to the crap in the hunting section of Wally World. Now after watching the Areo rings video and looking at the attachments I would consider those a no go for me as well.