The weaver mounting rails have slots that are 180 wide and do not necessarily have a consistent spacing between the grooves.
Weaver vs picatinny scope rings.
The recoil stopper in weaver rings is 3 8 millimetres wide while the one in picatinny rings is around 5 millimetres wide.
The slots on a picatinny rail are wider and deeper than a weaver rail section 0 062 wider 0 022 deeper.
Since we recommend pushing both rings forward toward the muzzle the amount of play in the slot is a moot point.
Due to the larger recoil groove picatinny accessories will not fit a weaver system.
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 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 these reasons accessories intended for a weaver rail will fit a picatinny rail.
The vortex optics 1 inch riflescope high rings is one them.
Picatinny slots are 206 wide with a center to center groove width of 394.
There are of course exceptions to every rule but for a good rule of thumb picatinny won t fit weaver but weaver will fit picatinny.
There is a great riflescope mount in the market for your budget.
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 most interesting thing is that it comes with a bunch of great features similar to those on high end scope rings.
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.
The purpose of the recoil key is to keep the scope from moving.
Vortex optics 1 inch riflescope high rings picatinny weaver mount set of two.
