34mm vs. 35mm tubes ?

[unkownindividual]

I hope this doesn't sound like a dumb question but how come many IOR scopes are built on 35mm tubes vs the 34mm tubes other traditional european and american scope makers use? was thinking of getting an IOR but can't seem to find any 35mm mounts, no larue or GGG or burris, ARMS , etc... maybe get a Larue mount and take it to a local machine shop and get rid of that 1mm, i kind of doubt that they could easilly maintain the concentricity of the mount. could anybody weigh in?

[Ding126]

wow..I thought there were 1" & 30mm tubes...

[Black Majik]

Only reason I could come up with was more adjustments. Vortex went with 35mm as well with their new Razors, biggest gripe for 35mm is the lack of rings available to choose from.

[CamW]

U.S. Optics makes 5 heights of 35mm rings, but they're $250!

http://usoptics.com/acc.php?typeID=Mounts%20-%20Rings

[CSTactical]

The bigger the tube the more elevation you can get out of the scope, you can make the internals more robust, or do both.

Mike @ CS TACTICAL.com
CS Gunworks is now CS TACTICAL.com

[buffybuster]

The bigger the tube the more elevation you can get out of the scope, you can make the internals more robust, or do both.

Mike @ CS TACTICAL.com
CS Gunworks is now CS TACTICAL.com

Theoretically.

IMO there is very little actual difference between a 34 or 35mm body.

[brando]

There isn't much difference between a 34mm and a 35mm tube. 30mm has been the standard for some time, but in the last ten years larger tubes are becoming more popular across the board. S&B and other Euro scope companies have been doing 34mm tubes for quite some time.

[CSTactical]

Theoretically.

IMO there is very little actual difference between a 34 or 35mm body.

I was just giving the reasons to go to a bigger tube. You will not see the difference between a 34mm or the 35mm.

I did forget to say the bigger the tube the stronger it will be.

Mike @ CST