Santa brought my son (9 years old) his first rifle for Christmas. It is a youth Marlin in .243 and I need to get his scope mounted to it. I purchase him a Sightron SI 3x9 40mm scope for it. By no means top of the line but not a $30 scope either. What cheap rings will give me the best value for my money?

Weaver

Check on eBay. Lots of inexpensive rings, both new and used.

+1

+2

Weavers are currently holding down both the 2.5x Leupolds on my 12 ga. 870 slug gun and 12 ga. Mossberg turkey gun. Also the Redfield on my sporterized #4 Mk I Lee-Enfield and the Burris on my 22-250 and even the BSA on my 10/22. No problems; no complaints. I have other more expensive rings on other things but for the money it's tough to beat those old time proven Weavers.

These. Light, strong, inexpensive:

http://swfa.com/Weaver-Quad-Lock-Detachable-Aluminum-1-Rings-C1348.aspx

I have had the Weaver Quadlocks on a few slug guns and a 223 that rode in the truck a lot and never had a problem.

+3

Millet has some nice verticle split rings.

+4 on the Weaver.
Especially so since the X rifles come with a Weaver base.

Burris Zees on ebay.

You're freaking nuts Swampy!!!

Just kidding!!!

I just wanted to interject a bit of acrimony to give the new member the true flavor of the Optics Forum at 24HCF.

I keep a couple of spare sets of Weaver Quad Locks on the shelf just in case. They only run $11-$12 at WalMart.

+4 Weaver originals

Craig

$24.99 with free shipping.

Hate to agree with swampy but I would pick the Burris Zee rings also over the Weaver!

I've got two sets of the old Weaver rings I use regularly but have also had good results with the Leupold Rifleman series of rings. Lots of them over the yrs.

I normally use the zee rings that run $30-$40 delivered but as has already been mentioned the quad locks have been good for me too and for $15 they are a steal

Millets are garbage, they are made out of very soft aluminum that will strip their threads with very little torque applied to the bolts.

Another vote for weavers, they are a pain to get the reticle properly aligned as it keeps rotating as you tighten the screws, but as far as a rock solid simple inexspensive mount they can't be beat.

That said if you can find talley lw's on sale they really aren't much more expensive than weaver bases and rigs.

Kill it with Millet.....laughing

I've always had good luck with Burris Zee rings.

That's what I was thinking. I really don't like Weavers....

So I ordered him a set of the Weaver Quad locks and I can not get them mounted without there being some wiggle in the base. I put some signature Zee's on mine and they mounted like a charm but the Quad locks have some wiggle in them at the base. All of the screws tighten down good and tight but no matter how tight i get them there is still some wiggle. Any thoughts?

Havent checked to make sure the base it tight yet. Hopefully that is it. I will check that tonight.