Reddit reviews NightForce UltraLite Remington 700 Short Action 20MOA Medium Direct Mount - 1.0in

I'll start by saying I think that savage looks pretty awesome. However:


Despite a lot of hate on the AAC-SD I have one and I love it. Out of the box it shot sub-MOA with factory load XM118s and PPU 168s. The factory Xmark Pro gets unnecessary hate for no reason. It has amazing adjustment and feel out of the box compared to a lot of the hair triggers people try to put on their rifles. You really don't need another trigger but you can if you want to waste the money. Remington will do the recall on the rifle for free for the "totally fires itself if you run it down to the lowest setting and bump it like a dumbass" bullshit that is not even true of any R700 ever built, but you can send it in and they will do it for you. I sent both of mine in just because it made it easier to ship them to my new house when I moved. Their customer support is pretty awesome. As is Smith and Wesson's and Winchesters in my experience.

The rifle is stock for me at the moment and I am using a Caldwell bi-pod with a Bushnell elite scope. The scope isn't the end all be all but it is the best thing I've ever shot through as a civilian. I was in the same boat as you money wise. I do notice the complaint about the free float being negated with a bi-pod sometimes since the Hogue stock is basically rubber but if you fire each round with the exact same fundamentals down it will shoot sub-moa still. I'm using a 20MOA down scope mount from Nightforce and I love it. The rifle is a bit heavy and I do want to swap out the stock eventually for a M24 or M40 variant but it can easily be handled and used to shoot and move if you choose to practice like that. I've had it out to 500 yards so far and at that range it still shot a 16oz water bottle off the wall at our tactical range from our elevated tower. I'll see if I have any pictures of it somewhere and I'll post it, or just take it out later and take a picture of it.

I got the rifle itself from Buds Gun shop Police discount side of the house for $600 shipped to my FFL and most everything else from Amazon since there wasn't a good shop where I lived at the time.

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I realize that is a valid question but I felt stupid saying it out loud. Basically it is a Nightforce 1 piece mount. I had this thought as I was mounting it and as it turns out the screw holes only line up one direction. I feel like from what I was seeing that the thing is mounted backwards but it literally does not fit the other way, the screws just don't line up. I'll take it off and give it a whirl though one last time and see what happens. I mean this would be a super simple answer that I actually struggled with for a while. To be 100% honest, looking at it my mind tells me that it is on backwards but like I said the screw holes just don't line up to make that possible.

Edit: This is the mount and I have it mounted where that extra bit that is to the right in the image is the back of the scope. That is the only way it fits and some google image searching seems to agree that is properly mounted.