Gary, I'm gonna show my ignorance here, but couldn't you just use the included Ruger rings or just mount the rings to the rail directly on the rifle? I know that would remove your quick disconnect feature, but it would get the scope down lower? Which is more important scope height or quick removal? And you just said it is gonna be a slow burn rifle.

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