Ring mount interface for scope

Abstract

Various embodiments described herein may include a mount for attaching a scope to a recoil-producing device, wherein the recoil-producing device is a firearm, the mount comprising: a ring cap and a ring bottom to capture part of the scope; and the ring cap and the ring bottom including plural interfaces, wherein the plural interfaces include: a fastening interface to fasten the ring cap to the ring bottom; and an additional interface configurable by sliding the ring cap forwardly, prior to fastening the ring cap to the ring bottom using the fastening interface, to restrict at least axial movement of the scope relative to the recoil-producing device, in response to firing the firearm; the additional interface including a recoil lug and a corresponding opening, the recoil lug installable in the corresponding opening, wherein when the recoil lug is installed in the corresponding opening the ring cap is restricted from rotational movement in at least one direction. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

1 . A mount for attaching a scope to a recoil-producing device, wherein the recoil-producing device is a firearm, the mount comprising:
 a ring cap and a ring bottom to capture part of the scope; and   the ring cap and the ring bottom including plural interfaces, wherein the plural interfaces include:
 a fastening interface to fasten the ring cap to the ring bottom; and 
 an additional interface configurable by sliding the ring cap forwardly, prior to fastening the ring cap to the ring bottom using the fastening interface, to restrict at least axial movement of the scope relative to the recoil-producing device, in response to firing the firearm; 
 the additional interface including a recoil lug and a corresponding opening, the recoil lug installable in the corresponding opening, wherein when the recoil lug is installed in the corresponding opening the ring cap is restricted from rotational movement in at least one direction. 
   
     
     
         2 . The mount of  claim 1 , wherein the restriction from rotational movement in the at least one direction prevents the ring cap from being pivoted about an axis until the recoil lug is partially removed from the cavity, the axis located forwardly of the recoil lug;
 wherein the forwardly located axis is perpendicular with a bore axis of the firearm.   
     
     
         3 . The mount of  claim 1 , wherein the opening is defined by one of the ring cap and the ring bottom, and is the recoil lug is not defined by said one of the ring cap and the ring bottom. 
     
     
         4 . The mount of  claim 3 , wherein the recoil lug is defined by the other of the ring cap and the ring bottom. 
     
     
         5 . The mount of  claim 3 , wherein the recoil lug comprises a plurality of flats or other faces,
 wherein, in response to the forward sliding:
 a continuous section of a muzzle-proximate flat or another face of the plurality of flats or the other faces contacts a corresponding part of a wall of the opening, and 
 another flat or another face of the plurality of flats or the other faces, further from the muzzle than the muzzle-proximate flat or the other muzzle-proximate face, moves out of contact with a corresponding another wall of the opening. 
   
     
     
         6 . The mount of  claim 5 , wherein the continuous section comprises the entire muzzle-proximate flat or the other muzzle-proximate face. 
     
     
         7 . The mount of  claim 1 , wherein a direction of the restricted relative at least axial movement is opposite a vector extending, along a bore axis of the firearm, from a muzzle of the firearm to an opposite end of the firearm. 
     
     
         8 . The mount of  claim 7 , wherein said forward sliding moves the ring cap, relative to the ring bottom, in the direction opposite the vector. 
     
     
         9 . The mount of  claim 7 , wherein the continuous section is oriented along a plane that is perpendicular with said vector. 
     
     
         10 . The mount of  claim 1 , the fastening interface and the additional interface are non-coincident, wherein the additional interface is non-coaxial with an axis of movement of a fastener of the fastening interface. 
     
     
         11 . A mount for attaching a scope to a recoil-producing device, wherein the recoil-producing device is a firearm, the mount comprising:
 a ring cap and a ring bottom to capture part of the scope; and   the ring cap and the ring bottom including plural interfaces, wherein the plural interfaces include:
 a fastening interface to fasten the ring cap to the ring bottom; and 
 an additional interface to restrict movement of the scope relative to the recoil-producing device, in response to firing the firearm; 
 wherein the additional interface includes a recoil lug or another projection on the ring cap or the ring bottom, a front of the recoil lug or the other projection including a portion to make contact with the other of the ring cap or the ring bottom; 
 the contacting portion having a surface area greater than 0.01 square inches or a height not less than 0.1 inches. 
   
     
     
         12 . The mount of  claim 11 , wherein the restricted movement comprises at least axial movement perpendicular to a direction of linear movement when operating a rotational drive interface of a fastener of the fastening interface. 
     
     
         13 . The mount of  claim 11 , wherein the additional interface comprises an opening in which the recoil lug or the other projection is installable. 
     
     
         14 . The mount of  claim 13 , wherein a width of the contacting portion is at least two thirds of a width of a bottom of an arch of the ring top;
 the width taken on a lateral axis, the lateral axis perpendicular to an axis that is parallel with a bore axis of the firearm.   
     
     
         15 . The mount of  claim 11 , wherein the recoil lug or the other projection comprises a plurality of flats or other faces,
 wherein a continuous section of a muzzle-proximate flat or another face of the plurality of flats or the other faces is in contact with a corresponding part of a wall(s) of an opening of the additional interface when another flat or another face of the plurality of flats or the other faces, further from the muzzle than the muzzle-proximate flat or the muzzle-proximate other face, is non-contacting with a corresponding part of the wall(s) of the opening.   
     
     
         16 . The mount of  claim 5 , wherein the continuous section comprises the entire muzzle-proximate flat or the entire muzzle-proximate other face. 
     
     
         17 . The mount of  claim 15 , wherein:
 a direction of the restricted relative movement is opposite a vector extending, along a bore axis of the firearm, from the muzzle of the firearm to an opposite end of the firearm.   
     
     
         18 . The mount of  claim 17 , wherein the continuous section is oriented along a plane that is perpendicular with said vector. 
     
     
         19 . The mount of  claim 11 , the fastening interface and the additional interface are non-coincident, wherein the additional interface is non-coaxial with an axis of movement of a fastener of the fastening interface; and
 wherein the restricted movement comprises rotational movement, the restriction against rotational movement associated with the additional interface in which the restriction against rotational movement is present prior to fastening the ring cap to the ring bottom using the fastening interface.   
     
     
         20 . The mount of  claim 11 , wherein the lower section includes a body and a clamping part, and a fastening interface to fasten the clamping part to the body.