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Gift for my son, Tikka T3x, SS in .270

Opinions on scope mount, picatinny rail or standard base and rings?

I'm leaning toward picatinny, would appreciate input from any that have used both or ?

I just bought a .223 and chose a picatinny. I'm happy with that choice an got one of the blems from Mountain Tactical Co. I like their design. I plan on moving scopes around a bit and using the rifle for a mix of field and mid-range target; so a rail is easier. If I were just setting it up for hunting and looking to keep it as light weight as possible, I'd go rings.

Nice Dad! Your son will like it.

Steve

Talley Lightweights...

Do not use the Tikka rings unless things have changed. I mounted Tikka Rings on my 596. They had a post to secure the scope----it made a big gouge in my Nikon. I took them off And into the trash they went. I think I replaced them with Warne.

Not pretty, but darn solid! I ended up using the DNZ Hunter rings on my 7MM-08 SL. They are kind of like a Talley only a bit beefier overall. So far so good using them.

I'm using the Picatinny to develop loads in a T3 and a T3x. It puts the scope higher than I like, so I'll probably go to rings that mount directly to the action once I put hunting scopes on them.


Okie John

Talley low

If you don't use your Tikka rings, try Warne steel Tikka rings.

Look at DNZ too. It works great and super solid.

colorado bob - "Do not use the Tikka rings..." - Amen to that. The factory Tikka rings must be made from surplus beer cans because they feel so "cheap". Installed a pair on my 6.5 Swede Tikka and removed them a few weeks late. Replaced them with Burris bases and Signature Z rings...much better. Homesteader

Thanks for all the replies.

Still looking and leaning a bit more toward Warne or Talley rings.

Still interested in any others suggestions.

Warne QD rings for the Tikka receiver.

DNZ for my tikka's

No question, Talley lightweights for a hunting rifle.

I wish the M85 was set up to work with the TLs!

Use the tikka rings, absolutely zero reason not to, they are super light, and hold zero just fine, and by the way are free and come with rifle.

Not really had a problem with the Tikka rings other than the screws that tighten the rings to the receiver wanting to round out in the Allen Head slot. Lowe's had replacement screws for less than a dollar. I just don't like one recoil lug for the two rings. But I guess that is not really much different in principal then Leupold with the twist in front and the windage clamping rear.

A cheap alternative, that I don't see mentioned much, is Weaver #61 bases and what ever standard weaver style rings you would want.

I Always used Leupold dual dovetails until I tried the Talley lightweight system and For a hunting rifle it is now automatically Talley's. They hold just fine on a couple of 300 Weatherby rifles in very rough conditions holding fairly heavy Zeiss scopes and the darn things line up so well sighting in is a breeze. On my cousins new rifle 2 shots had it in the black at 50, 3 more had him an inch high at 100 a handful later he was good at 225 and the 12th shot hit an elk vitals sized rock at 490 yards. They aren't all that smooth but so far about a dozen rifles later they are great.

Use the Tikka rings, replace the screws if you want. Use a Torque wrench, just avoid the tighten till your `roids bulge technique. I know of 7 mags and a 338 t3 that are fi e with the factory rings. As long as you don't tell g h e rings they are junk, they will never know. They don't use the I-net.

Ditto on the lining up part. I'm on my third set and they've been a snap to use.

My first set went on a pre64, against my old-man notion that the mounts on such an animal should be steel. When I tried to bore sight the straight-from-the-box 3-9 Leupold, it appeared to be lined up perfectly. At the range, my first shot at 50 yards was only a half inch off vertical. I think I eventually ended up moving it about three or four clicks at 100. I literally could have bolted that thing together and hunted with it as-is. The other two sets, on a Vanguard S2 and a Sako FN High Power, were very close as well, evidence of quality machining by those two outfits as well as by Talley.