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6/21/2026 10:31:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: tet493][Edited]
Howdy,

I picked up an EBR-7F Razor 1-6x since I had problems with my issued one and it was actually a seemingly very nice optic. Wanted to see if it was just a one off thing

The one I purchased had loose and misaligned rings. Easy fix, torqued them to the listed spec. After shooting I noticed it seemed to have shifted rear on the upper. I was thinking maybe I didn’t push it forward(I did push it forward).

Shot again after pushing it forward and torquing to 65in/lbs. It shifted to the rear again…. Turns out the mount is the weak link, not the scope itself. I am debating whether to just over torque the nuts or replace the mount.

Thoughts?
6/21/2026 10:45:45 PM EDT
[#1]
Absolutely don't over torque.
I don't need therapy. I just need someone to rob me at the gas station so I can let it all out.
6/22/2026 10:27:41 AM EDT
[#2]
65 is cranking it.  Somethings wrong for sure, and tighter is looking to damage the tube.
If life was easy nobody would quit.
6/22/2026 10:52:18 AM EDT
[#3]
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Originally Posted By DVCER:
65 is cranking it.  Somethings wrong for sure, and tighter is looking to damage the tube.
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65in/lbs is the rail clamp torque. That’s what is moving on the upper.
6/22/2026 11:39:51 AM EDT
[#4]
Replace and move on. Life's too short to be trying to make out of spec gear work correctly.
6/22/2026 1:53:53 PM EDT
[#5]
Pretty expensive mount..either the rail or the mount is out of spec.  Let vortex warranty deal with it.
If life was easy nobody would quit.
6/22/2026 2:04:58 PM EDT
[#6]
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Originally Posted By DVCER:
Pretty expensive mount..either the rail or the mount is out of spec.  Let vortex warranty deal with it.
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This..
I don't need therapy. I just need someone to rob me at the gas station so I can let it all out.
6/22/2026 7:09:35 PM EDT
[#7]
Do we have any idea who makes the mount?
6/22/2026 10:05:22 PM EDT
[Last Edit: tet493][Edited] [#8]
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Originally Posted By DVCER:
Pretty expensive mount..either the rail or the mount is out of spec.  Let vortex warranty deal with it.
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Originally Posted By DVCER:
Pretty expensive mount..either the rail or the mount is out of spec.  Let vortex warranty deal with it.


Seems like a cheap mount considering how much the package costs. It’s a Geissele upper btw

Originally Posted By Sabre223:
Do we have any idea who makes the mount?


It’s has all the hallmarks of the Vortex off the shelf mounts/rings, just spec’d made for this contract. It doesn’t look like the Vortex branded mount that actually looks like a Warne product. Neither like the Seekins rings.
6/23/2026 11:36:58 AM EDT
[#9]
Could be a cheap knockoff.  I thought those were 150 $ or so.  Probably not the rail on that upper.
I’m happy with this Griffin mount.  At least since I learned to read my torque driver properly anyway.
My tube slipped in the rings cause I was a dummy.

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If life was easy nobody would quit.
6/24/2026 9:26:12 AM EDT
[Last Edit: tet493][Edited] [#10]
I feel a bit silly right now because using a driver(not a torque driver) the nuts tighten a few degrees more… maybe technically over torqued but they are actually fully tight.

A lesson on wrench arch vs torque value is maybe being demonstrated here. I’ll have to retighten with 1/6-1/3 past sharp rise in torque and shoot it today.

Final Update: this mount does NOT work with my upper lol

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