MDT One Piece Competition Scope Mount - A Very Different Mount + Step By Step Install Instructions

I provide a detailed overview of the MDT One Piece Competition Scope Mount and take you through the entire scope mounting process.
This is an excellent mount designed to last and ensure your mount and your optic slipping isn't something you need to worry about! If you want quality and peace of mind, this mount is a great choice!
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Gary Melton is a former U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret, Weapons Sergeant, and Sniper Team Leader with 4 combat tours. He has worked full time as a Unit Chief and Special Tactics Instructor at a federal agency, and is the owner and Lead Instructor for Paramount Tactical Solutions.
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Most of our courses are located 1.5hrs from Washington DC, near Winchester, VA. We are mobile and can provide onsite training as well.

[@ArkansasBadBoy]

I am so glad I'm not the only one that was not comfortable with the torque sequence on those rings. In the end, I did it my way as I simply cannot stand ring caps with uneven spacing. BTW, glad to hear you stressing the use of Vibra-tite. It's almost uncanny how it not only stays put, but has anti-sieze properties. Thanks for another great video.

[@jasonsponsler21]

Every time you make a video I want to add something new to my rifle when I order it. Always a quality and in depth look at equipment/ gear. Thanks again

[@br4nd0nh347]

Really important to check that cap, thanks for including that. I thought I had severe cant issues, but it was just my cap wasn't level.

[@DS-gd1xw]

Would like to see you review the MPA 1 piece mount.

[@paramounttactical]

I’ve talked about it and I think made a short on it. I love them. MPA is going through some production issue with them right now so it might be a while. I think the MPA and MDT are both excellent. I think the MDT are better in proportion to their price. They’re a beefier mount which I do like. I do love that the MDT comes in 1.34” and may be switching my MPA mounts on my rifle to the MDT just for the height. When my rifle came in all we had in stock were 1.125 height MPA mounts and the 1.25 (which I wanted weren’t gonna be in for another couple weeks) so I said screw it, I’ll just go with the 1.125 and have regretted it ever since. I think I’m going to switch and me messing up the torque procedure in the video seems like a good excuse to do so and video the princess. Thanks, Gary

[@WvMnts]

If rumble would only fix their player so we can work/text use our phones and listen with app minimized I’d do away completely with CommieTube. Since your a creator maybe can have a say with someone who will listen. Thanks for the great content. God Bless🇺🇸

[@paramounttactical]

Yeah… they have a LOT to improve on. The creator interface, uploading videos and managing content is even worse than the standard user interface but I’ve seen improvements just since I started a channel in Jan. The only way it will get better is people moving there. YT was terrible at first too. Thanks for the support! -Gary

[@will61884]

I wasn’t expecting that big ass knife gary lol😂

[@paramounttactical]

That little guy? That’s not even one of my big ones.

[@Essy743]

Check out F3R scope mounts! They are very beefy!

[@JimTerryBarrett-fn1db]

Great job for a “spur” of the moment decision to make a video on the MDT mount. I watched the video on Rumble and follow you there as well but for some technical reason regarding email verification, I was not able to leave my comment there love your videos as well. I regret getting the 1.125 MPA mount based on the recommendation at MPA‘s website per scope used.

[@paramounttactical]

I see what you did there… Yeah Jim, just like on YT you have to create an account on Rumble to comment. It’s been so long ago that many don’t even remember having to create an account for YT so it seems weird to them. Thanks for watching both here and Rumble! -Gary

[@JimTerryBarrett-fn1db]

Hey Gary, I do have an account at Rumble and I’m a follower and subscribe to your channel there. Somehow I have to verify my email account there to be able to comment.

[@paramounttactical]

@@JimTerryBarrett-fn1db Gotcha! Rumble definitely has some bugs to work out. I think by the end of the year it will rival YT in ease of use... Hopefully. Thanks again buddy! -Gary

[@petethomas5976]

I know it's all in what you like but in my opinion american rifle company makes some of the best mounts and rings on the market hands down and there made in America not Canada like mdt.

[@paramounttactical]

I haven’t tried their mounts. I’ll take a look at them. If they’re good, I’ll see about carrying them. Thanks for the suggestion

[@sundin5646]

@@paramounttactical the M-Brace is fantastic. Fastest system to mount a scope period.

[@paramounttactical]

@@sundin5646 I just reached out to them to see about testing a few and if they’re as good as they look would happily be one a dealer. We’ll see if they respond.

[@petethomas5976]

Back in 94 i got my LR class in the marines

[@paramounttactical]

👊🇺🇸 Mine was about 10yrs later. Attended the first Sniper Course held in a combat theatre since Vietnam in Sinjar Valley Iraq in Nov 2003. Thanks for your service and thanks for watching! -Gary

[@deant1986]

Have you seen the badger ordnance C1 max? They look like a good choice also

[@paramounttactical]

Anything by Badger is a good choice. They make excellent rings and mounts. We’ve used them as well for years.

[@howardschwartz1462]

What level are you using?

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Hi Gary, Thanks for your excellent videos and information. I'm an old tank gunner and I just watched your video on MIL vs MOA, using the reticle for correction is what we used to do with tank gunnery. It's been a long time but it was a fun trip down memory road. You will be happy to know that despite one or two of my fellow shooters urging me to go with MOA I went with MILs. Anyway quick question. I'm building a Tikka T1x for PRS and plan to mount it in an Oryx chassis at some point. I'm looking at a 20 MOA MDT rail and trying to decide between the one piece MDT scope mount or their rings, either the lightweight or elite (which I believe have a built in cant bubble) What would you recommend? Thanks for your time and great content.

[@paramounttactical]

A one piece mount eliminates a lot of variables. I only use one piece mounts. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching! -Gary

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

@@paramounttactical Sure does. Thanks. Off to binge more of your videos😉

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

@@paramounttactical Thanks for your super prompt response, and personally being a huge details guy I relate.

[@dem1157]

I just started watching your videos and like them. But when I watched this one I right away saw something you need to know. The Short Action Customs Final Scope Level is NOT designed to be used the way you used it. It is meant to be installed on a solid base or solid tripod, leveled off, and then your align your reticle with a plumb line or laser line. Using scope caps, the base of scope, mounting the scope on a rifle using your rail as a level point all are useless because all of these could be off. With the final scope level you are lining up your level with the best known level to mankind, gravity. So if you get your SAC Final Scope Level mount perfectly level the rest is the gravity plumb line where you can't go wrong. By the way, one of your other video's convinced me to order a Send-It electronic level. Thank you for that.

[@paramounttactical]

Lol. Dean, I do a lot of methodology testing and you’re falling for an age old trap. Scope mounting methodologies don’t matter. Almost all of them can work and all have room for mechanical and human error. What matters is confirmation. When mounting a scope there’s 3 things you need to confirm: 1) Optic is mounted plumb and it MUST be plumb/leveled to the rail if you have mechanical elevation, e.g. 20 MOA rail. 2) Reticle is plumb inside the optic 3) Optic tracks correctly The ONLY way to confirm all three is a Tall Target Test. I cover the wavy of all this in my Scope Mounting Myths video. You should watch it. Scope Mounting Myths - BUSTED! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3WlnoZrhZVroJI

[@dranrak9836]

I'm curious about your thoughts on the Kenetic Development group line of M-Lock products. Specifically the Kinect Mounts.

[@greywisker3180]

Do you recommend a flush base or canted to account for long range shots? Long range being 1000 yards and beyond.

[@paramounttactical]

20 MOA is the way to go.

[@greywisker3180]

@@paramounttactical The reason I asked is because I have an MILL scope and have heard conflicting comments about using a 20 MOA scope base with a mill scope rather than an MOA scope. Some have said it matters others say it doesn’t. Thank you for your response. Hard to find any information on this.

[@brocksilva8258]

Just curious how do I go about getting a rifle from you and having you set up and mount the scope on it. Kinda like what you are doing here.

[@paramounttactical]

Just email us at [e-mail]. You can buy rifles and accessories on our website paramounttactical.com We do full custom packages all the time. Rifle, optics, accessories, and custom case. Be glad to get you squared away. Thanks, Gary

[@KM-xo7py]

Could you give me a real example of how the POI move when the scope is canted? For example: I have 100 yard zero, 1 deg cant and standard 308W rifle. How will this affect the POI at 200,300,400 ... yard?

[@paramounttactical]

Sure, the general rule of thumb is 5” @ 1000 for every 1 degree of cant. And it’s very easy to add 8-10 degrees of cant through mounting or just not using an anti can’t device while shooting. But there are many other factors involved like cartridge, the mount… a taller mount @ 1 degree will produce more offset etc… I see students miss 20” targets at 4-500 yards all the time due to cant that are missing bc they aren’t using their bubble level. They “feel” like the gun is straight -bang-miss, bang- miss. I know they’re Dope is right, “did you check your bubble?”, bang-center mass. Hope that helps.

[@dman3526]

I appreciate your content but couldn’t hang with this vid brother. You were all over the place. Have you considered following bullet point scripts?

[@petethomas5976]

Now that we got mounts out of the way let's talk optics the athlon cronus has better glass then the night force nx8 and tracks perfectly if you don't believe me ask James Eagleman and its only 1600 and its made in the same place as nightforce

[@paramounttactical]

I’ll have to check athlon out.

[@jasonrad9332]

MDT, Sphur, or MPA, what’s your order of choice?

[@paramounttactical]

I think between MDT and MPA they are equal proportional to their prices. I slightly prefer the MDT because I like more heavy duty mounts but the MPA is an awesome mount and cheaper. I like the MDT height choices better as I think the 1.34" is a real sweet spot but most people will be happy and comfortable with the 1.25" MPA comes in. I prefer both of those over Spuhr but I do like them. Spuhr are the most difficult to mount an optic in over any other i've used. They ring pull dramatically and it's impossible to find a good offset. It takes me like 2hrs to get most optics mounted perfectly in a Spuhr. They're also more expensive than the other two. MPA is also having some production issues at the moment (May 2, 2023) and it may be a while before their mounts are available again. Great question and thanks for always watching Jason! -Gary

[@jasonrad9332]

@@paramounttactical Gary, thanks for the feedback. I like my MPA I got from you. Think I’ll have to try an MDT on the next one.

[@petethomas5976]

Thanks for all your videos keep up the good work I'm 47 and I believe that people think they can buy skill sorry but not possible fundamentals of marksmanship are getting lost and the gadgets in the world will not get you hits at distance I was born and raised in west Virginia and a kestrel will do you no good get a spotting scope and learn to read marage keep a data book because when you're batteries go dead you will thank me maybe you could do a video on that thanks

[@paramounttactical]

Lol. Pete, I give that exact, almost verbatim speech in our LR courses. I’ve talked about that quite a bit on our podcasts but you’re right, it would be a good video to make. We’re here in the WV panhandle off of 81. Thanks for watching! Make sure to join us live on Wednesdays at 7. -Gary