Gents:

Is there any real value in the EAW Pivot scope mounts over say the Talley QDs? There is a significant difference in cost.

I don't know Talley mounts, but I can say that EAW are excellent; their bigger advantage are that you can totally adjust them to compensate any misalignement between the mount holes and the axis of the barrel, in order to limit the offset of the scope mechanism; they don't put any stress on the scope tube and no bend is possible. Furthermore one can easily put some pitch on the scope, to compensate for long distance shot. They definitely return to zero. Unfortunately they are high and expensive. 4 of my 5 rifles have EAW mounts; the fifth has no mounts on it

I'll second Wildboar, having had 5 EAW's so far and to my complete satisfaction.

Another serius advantage of the EAW mount is the asymetric split of the rings, witch in 99% of all 30mm mounts gives a far better grip on the tube, by making 4 deep dents in the scopetube.. And in the most effective situations, also make the tube oval.
As long as you don't plann on mooving the scope, you'll never notice this unique feature

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Originally posted by jørgen:
Another serius advantage of the EAW mount is the asymetric split of the rings, witch in 99% of all 30mm mounts gives a far better grip on the tube, by making 4 deep dents in the scopetube.. And in the most effective situations, also make the tube oval.
As long as you don't plann on mooving the scope, you'll never notice this unique feature

CLASSIC!

There are some advantages to both. I will not have a rifle that the mounting dovetails or scope base mounts are not aligned properly on. Therefore I prefer for my base/ring combo to NOT allow windage compensation. Therfore, I far prefer Talley's. If elevation is a true concern, e.g. long distance shooting, then I would simply purchase bases that were machined to the elevation I desired, probably gunsmithed from Talley blanks.

Good shooting--Don

Lotta parts in the EAW.