|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 621
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 621 |
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 ?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 57
Campfire Greenhorn
|
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 57 |
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
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 78,306 Likes: 2
Campfire Oracle
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 78,306 Likes: 2 |
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 4,688
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 4,688 |
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.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 5,471 Likes: 1
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 5,471 Likes: 1 |
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.
"Rather hunt Mule deer than anything else" "Team 7MM-08"
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 4,931
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 4,931 |
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
If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 243
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 243 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 17,281 Likes: 3
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 17,281 Likes: 3 |
If you don't use your Tikka rings, try Warne steel Tikka rings.
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson
GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon!
"A Well Regulated Militia" Life Member
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,336
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,336 |
Look at DNZ too. It works great and super solid.
Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,438
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,438 |
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
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 621
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 621 |
Thanks for all the replies.
Still looking and leaning a bit more toward Warne or Talley rings.
Still interested in any others suggestions.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 15,929 Likes: 1
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 15,929 Likes: 1 |
Warne QD rings for the Tikka receiver.
There are 2 rules to success:
1. Never tell everything that you know.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,207
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,207 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 15,965 Likes: 16
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 15,965 Likes: 16 |
No question, Talley lightweights for a hunting rifle.
THE CHAIR IS AGAINST THE WALL. The Tikka T3 in .308 Winchester is the Glock 19 of the rifle world. The website is up and running!www.lostriverammocompany.com
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 21,959
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 21,959 |
No question, Talley lightweights for a hunting rifle. I wish the M85 was set up to work with the TLs!
"For joy of knowing what may not be known we take the golden road to Samarkand." James Elroy Flecker
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 4,918
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 4,918 |
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.
guns to me are like legal crack
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 88
Campfire Greenhorn
|
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 88 |
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.
Last edited by Sanchez; 04/14/17.
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,488
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,488 |
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.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 21,916 Likes: 7
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 21,916 Likes: 7 |
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.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 28,945 Likes: 23
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 28,945 Likes: 23 |
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.
What fresh Hell is this?
|
|
|
|
555 members (10gaugemag, 1lessdog, 06hunter59, 222Sako, 257 roberts, 260Remguy, 57 invisible),
2,411
guests, and
1,188
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,193,775
Posts18,515,691
Members74,017
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|