I know it's not on your list, but I've gone to Warnes on my tikkas.. Yeah, they're a little heavier, but they're lower and bomb proof.
Yea they look very sturdy,and I bet they are great rings. According to the charts on the sites though They aren,t lower.
The Warne shows .460 for Mediums which is their lowest The DNZ Lows are .440 for the lows The Talleys low are .500 but the extra Lows are .400 according to guy I talked with at Talley.
If you get 16Bores milled Talleys they will sit even lower.
I'm running the modified Talleys on my .308 SL with a Leupold 6x36 and the stock rings (which are ugly but have given me ZERO problems) on my .223 SL with a Bushnell 10x Elite.
As others have noted, I think anything will work (especially on the non-magnums) but the stock clampers and screws do look Walmart-y....
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If you get 16Bores milled Talleys they will sit even lower.
I'm running the modified Talleys on my .308 SL with a Leupold 6x36 and the stock rings (which are ugly but have given me ZERO problems) on my .223 SL with a Bushnell 10x Elite.
As others have noted, I think anything will work (especially on the non-magnums) but the stock clampers and screws do look Walmart-y....
Are you talking about the Modified Lows or the Modified extra Lows? What is the Ring height ?
I used Warnes on my first Tikka and then went to DNZ. Never used Talleys on a T3, but if I did I'd get a hold of 16Bore.
The DNZ 1-pc never gave me any issues on 223, 270, and two 300 Mags but if I were to do it all over again I'd go back to the Warnes as Rancho Loco suggested.
Why?
They allow some flexibility in ring spacing. And the recoil lug is stout. As you know, there is a blind hole in the receiver and the Warnes have a recoil pin to go into that hole. The Warne rings clamp onto the receiver dovetail from there. You're not relying on small mounting screws to handle the recoil/shear.
Good point and one I have been giving some thought to. I haven,t read of anyone having an issue with the rings and the screws on either the Talleys or DNZ yet But still an excellent point !