Author Topic: carbine vs handgun (Read 462 times)

sgtt · « **on:** April 29, 2004, 07:08:28 PM »

What is the difference in the scope mounts on the encore between the carbine and the handgun barrels? I noticed that the mfgs list them as being different as compared to the contender which is universal.

KN · « **Reply #1 on:** May 03, 2004, 01:16:01 PM »

I looked at the TC web site and they are both the same. 9907 for silver and 9899 for blue. KN

Bullseye · « **Reply #2 on:** May 03, 2004, 03:25:28 PM »

Depends on the brand. Most are the same. Burris makes a seperate pistol and carbine base. The carbine base is longer and sticks way out over the taper on the barrel. It then has a brass screw that you turn down to touch the barrel. I had one and returned it. The way the rings were spaced on it I could not get the correct eye relief because the turrets hit the rings.

Bullseye · « **Reply #3 on:** May 04, 2004, 07:47:34 AM »

Chris

You are not wrong. They will all interchange since the hole pattern is the same. Burris just happens to make one that they say is for a carbine but their pistol mount will work on the carbine, there just is not much room between the rings for eye relief adjustment. I use Leopold scopes and the eye relief is long enough that the turret has to go against the front ring with the Burris handgun mount on a carbine (then the eye relief adjustment is borderline). Longshot has that base with a Nikon scope and it works fine because the eye relief is a little shorter.