High Scope Mount Rings

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Is it true that if you have high scope mount rings that you won't be accurate when aiming through the scope? If this is true, then why would there be such thing as high scope mount rings?

[FOX_111]

It's true especially for airsoft. Since your scope is way higher then the line of your barrel, you have to compensate a lot with the elevation ajustement knob to zero your scope at the desired range. (Wich is very close for airsoft).

So, since you are near the limit of your scope ajustement, you have less possible ajustment, not to mention that the point of impact will differ greatly if you aim at the incorrect distance. That result in hard to judge hold over or hold under.

Final point: less acurate.

For firearms, it's less important, since the zero is much longer away.

High scope ring are to fit over sights or to pair with high cheek rest. You will see this type of scope mainly on non-sniper weapons, maybe with the exception of high caliber rifle, like the Barret that use a kinda high scope mount.

[CDN_Stalker]

True to a point, but is true for airsoft that we wear goggles and many types people use (aka. paintball type) interfere with the cheek weld on a rifle, hence the requirement of needing high type mounts. Also gives you a more comfortable shooting position. I used to have medium height but moved to the high ones (on my M24) because of that, and I love the high ones. They are only about 1/8" higher than medium anyways, so it really doesn't make any performance degradation.

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Well, I'm going to use it on my SIG 552 and I don't want to have to get the TM SIG high scope mount for that reason of less accuracy. If only airsoft manufacturers made the flat top rail for the SIG's like on the real version which eliminates the rear sight. So I'm going with high scope mount rings so that the scope goes over the rear sight and the SIG cheek rest is kind of high anyways. I'm waiting for my scope to come in still and have never used a scope in my life. So I'm going to have to figure out how to set it up properly for my gun.

[CDN_Stalker]

What's he's saying is that the higher the mount, the larger the X becomes. Using the X as the description (picture a very very thin and horizontal X), one line is the line of aim, the other is the bullet path. If you have a low distance between the bore and the scope, if you zero at 100ft, at 50ft you might hit 1" high and at 150ft maybe 1" low. If you move to a high mount, same 100ft zero, at 50ft you might hit 3" high, at 150ft 3" low. That sort of thing.

Overall don't worry too much about it, it's airsoft, not precision shooting. Should set it up to have the scope as low as possible for a proper cheek weld, but not having it too high to the point that you end up with a 'chin weld'. Worst ones are those that mount a scope and rings on top of the rail that attaches to the carry handle on an M16. Lol, end up with the line of aim being about 4-5" above the bore.