Just what is a picatinny rail anyway.
Weaver vs picatinny rings.
Weaver rails have slots which are 180 wide and do not necessarily have standardized spacing.
Specifically burris signature zee rings weaver on an ar15 picatinny rail.
Since we recommend pushing both rings forward toward the muzzle the amount of play in the slot is a moot point.
I don t get the feeling the weaver fit on the picatinny.
The purpose of the recoil key is to keep the scope from moving.
Picatinny accessories will not fit on a weaver rail but weaver accessories will fit on a picatinny rail.
Weaver slots are also smaller than picatinny slots at 180 picatinny rail slots are 206 and for both of.
Weaver rails are the older standard developed by the weaver optics company.
The cross screw is smaller than that on the picatinny ring burris xtr.
The main thing to consider is that there is still a bit of play in a weaver slot and typically picatinny specific rings also have a bit of play in a picatinny slot.
The rings physically fit but there is gap between the bottom of the ring and top of the rail.
The recoil stopper in weaver rings is 3 8 millimetres wide while the one in picatinny rings is around 5 millimetres wide.
I took some quick measurements comparing my weaver scope mount rail sections to a section of picatinny rail i had laying around and drew up a quick diagram.
Weaver accessories are thus designed to be flexible in terms of slot spacing with the most common example being scope rings which can be placed at many points along the scope s body to accommodate the unevenly spaced weaver slots.
Picatinny slots are 206 wide with a center to center groove width of 394.
With picatinny rings the notch part that goes into the slot is 5 millimetres wide and therefore fits perfectly with the 5 23 millimetre slot on the rail.
At first the standard was solely for weaver products but gained more widespread use over the course of several decades.
It will be beneficial to look at the origin of the picatinny system first.
Let us go in more detail.
And how is it different from a weaver.
Weaver rails vs picatinny rails.
Click tap to enlarge the cross sectional profile of weaver and picatinny rails are essentially the same there are two key differences.
