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So, I leave for a few years, and when I come back, you [bleep] are breaking Talley LW's!

This is dismaying because I have a number of them and like them very much.

Trying to quantify this a bit. Have you personally broken them, and on what? Bonus points for pics.

Not yet.

if you are not rough on your gear I'd not worry about them

I'll never break any because I use Warne.

My Talley's never will break either because they are STEEL. I gladly give up a few ounces saved for strength and peace of mind, especially when I hear the reports of possible weakness. Mr. Murphy always likes to haunt hunting trips if he can get his foot in the door.

Melvin Forbes designed these lightweight rings and sold the rights to manufacture them to talley....so they have been out there since 1985 or 1986 and if they didnt work or there was a design issue with them I think it would have shown itself way before Talley started making them

my main rifle has had 5 different barrels of different magnum calibers over the last 8-10 years, gun has been carried in a saddle scabbard , on the handlebars of a yamaha bigwheel, in an eberlestock pack and pretty much thrown all over the truck, older leupold 4.5x14, the talley LW rings are worn silver in places,,,

not one problem besides the screws rust and look ugly, i have put them on 10-15 rifles not one problem,
my main rifle is carried on the leupold handle always,
i had 1 base on 2 differnt sets of dual dovetails crack at the dovetail joint, quit using them, the windage adjustable bases have lost screws or broke screws many times , thats why i started on dual dovetails, then went to talley LW,
just one guys experience

Gear phobia spreads like herpes in a dorm here on the 'fire...

Jeff_O,

The set on my Weatherby are 1" extra high. Even after knocking the leaning rifle off a tire on rocks, it didn't change impact. The other is on a Remington clone with a 34mm scope. It was the only rifle I used last year on several hunts. No problems. Both are Aluminum.

A good buddy had one develop a crack in the top half of the ring The crack ran from the screw hole to the corner of the ring. He called Talley and they send him a new ring half the same day. No problems since then. This was on a ULA 300 Win.

That's classic!

It was crabs in my dorm (thank GOD).....

Yes, there's a tendency to lemming-up on stuff like this.

In the last 45 years the only rings I broke were Burris Signatures with the plastic inserts. If I was not interested in saving weight I would still use that brand.

I broke one 4-5 years ago. I called them and they replaced it within days. It broke near the screws. I'd bet some kind of metal defect. I have Talleys LW on most of my rifles and have so for the past 10-12 years. That is the only one I've ever had issues with. I've hunted them as cold as -22 F and warm as the mid 80's with nary an issue. I dig them.

Ive been using talleys for about 15 years and did break 1 set. One of the top caps split across the screw holes. I think it was operator error, I tightened the crap out of it and it eventually gave up. I now use a torque wrench and dont expect to have any more problems.

Nope and I use the fu ck out of them... Guys buying chit receivers and cheap rifles that aren't machined right and break mounts and bend/dent scope tubes and wonder why their talleys are splitting. Go figure...

Never have had any problems, and started using the original Forbes-designed version in the late 1980's, which as I recall was made by some company in the Midwest. Haven't had any problems with the Talley version either.

I saw a pic of a broken rifle bolt, there-fore you should avoid Bolt actions also.

Never saw a another person who dives into such depths of mental masturbation as you.

There are few things I trust - Nosler Partitions (and Trophy Bonded Bear Claws) - Swarovski Z3 3-10x42 with 4A reticle - Talley LtWt Scope mounts - and a Vais Muzzle Brake on a rifle as recoil nears that of a ,375 H&H.

There are also some things I've learned not to trust such as outfitters, when questioned about horses say "easy riding and as gentle as a lamb" - HAH!

Crabs got scarce once girls started shaving their cooters.

I like them, but I'm not known to throw my rifle in the creek, so take it with a grain of salt.