Interesting, hmm.
What are you using as a reference for “too low”? Unless you have a very full face, it’s not the ability to get a scope as low as possible so one does not have to raise one’s head up off the comb of the stock. When Im talking low I’m talking about the ability to get one’s face as low as possible onto the stock. I’m going to guess your objective bell is 40+ mm, which should be about a medium of anyone else’s rings.
Difficult to load magazine in a hurry on some DG rifles and not the classic African look but to each his own. Didn’t mean to offend.
Yes I’m very aware of proper cheek weld. The scope in the picture is a Leupold VX6 2-12x 42mm. I always go with the low rings. Not a big deal but cannot get scope covers on the front objective lens because it is nearly touching the barrel.
Place a Talley Low QD ring beside a Low Leupold, or Low Weaver, or just about a Low anything else, and you’ll see how high a Talley QD Low really is.
No offense taken, thanks for the advice, that’s why we’re here. I will take that in consideration. I think it’s in fact great advice. Thank you.
Best!
There are several advantages to one-piece scope mounts. They are indeed more rigid than two-piece mounts, especially for high recoiling calibers. Also, with one-piece mounts one doesn't have to worry about rings being out of alignment and requiring lapping, etc. My Warne QD rings are exactly the same and are mounted on a one-piece base that aligns them perfectly ... by necessity. There is almost no chance of the rings being misaligned with the gun it is mounted on.
I take scopes off when I travel with two rifles. I have taken a scope off for following up brown bears and buffalo. Took a red dot sight, a low power scope and had open sights on my CZ550 Lott on my elephant hunt. Shot elephant with red dot and then went oryx hunting with the low power scope on same gun.I will say that claw mounts would be the best option, although for some reason the OP ruled them out. Classy, sturdy, easy on-off and absolutely repeatable in terms of zero.
Both Talley and Recknagel are also fantastic options.
I will also say, though, that I have never fully appreciated the need for quick detachable, perhaps with the exception of a true stopping rifle (which the .375 really isn't, as much as I adore the cartridge). Either the rifle is scoped--and the scope stays on--or is used with open sights. I've never known a hunter who took his scope off in the middle of a hunt--or quickly mounted it on an unscoped rifle in the same situation. Modern scopes and modern mounts are also extremely unlikely to fail in the middle of a hunt.
The one other exception I can think of is for travel, whereby the hunter keeps the scope in a separate suitcase or carry-on to make sure it doesn't get lost, stolen or damaged, but even that is a long shot.
I'm sure I'm missing something, so I am very much open to being enlightened and learning something new.
