We manufacture the best aluminum scope mounts on the market. They
are made to the exact same precise specifications, with every feature,
as our steel and titanium models used by the military but with such an
affordable proce that every sportsman can now afford one.
The new aluminum mount is made to the same rugged 3-point contact
design from 7075 heat treated aircraft aluminum. The standard
finish is black hard-coat anodize. We're not going to pretend
that the aluminum mount is built to withstand the rigors required for
all uses. It is, however, the lightweight and lower cost
alternative that makes it an ideal mount for rifles used in less
demanding circumstances or seasonally, as in hunting.
As we traced the progression of M14 scope mounting solutions employed
by the military, we studied their evolution from the first U.S. Army
Marksmanship Training Unit (USAMTU) prototype for the Leatherwood ART-
I scope produced in aluminum, to the
M21 ART-II scope and mount, and ending with
the
Brookfield Precision Tool steel mount for the upgraded M21 and M25
military sniper rifles.
We believe that the ART-II aluminum mount (similar to current
available mounts) failed to perform in military field conditions
primarily because of design rather than material. We have been
unable to find any record of Brookfield's superior 3-point contact
design tested in aluminum as they went straight to steel as their
production material.
After making six (6) small but important improvements to the original
Brookfield design, we did test
it in aluminum and we feel that it will not only work in civilian use,
but will fill the gap which exists between rugged heavy steel mounts in
use by the military and other current alternatives which fail to mount
securely or perform as desired.
In the past few months, we have been experimenting with a few
alternative hard coat alternatives. The photo below shows our
aluminum mount with a tungsten coating, the same coating used on our
titanium scope mounts. We continue to experiment and we
will include future test models as soon as possible.
