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Check out Mountain Tactical and their picatinny rail. They have it in 0 & 20 MOA.

I have talley lows with 42 mm Nikon on my tikka, my buddy has DNZ low with 42 vortex in his tikka.

I'm into dual use utility of pic rails on all rimfire and CF rifles these days.

Almost always use scopes for hunting.

But we've a couple of Aimpoint Micros we cycle around our battery of rifles. They're great in the woods for deer or in off-season for ATV/truck gun/woods prowl.

They can be backup sights for your scope you carry in your pocket or pack w pic rail during season.

This year my son used a .50 inline w silver H1 on it to kill two nice whitetail. One was trotting at 75 yards.

I've got a T1 on my trusty ol' LTR .308 zeroed w Hornady TAP 110 for warm weather fun on ATV. Dot Boom on out to 200 on milk jugs.

When my get my SAS .22/250, however, I may go Talleys w 6x SWFA (or much lighter Leupold w LRD) and piggyback a Micro for quick close shots.

ETA: really need to sell some guns to buy more Aimpoints!

Another vote for the Talley Lightweight Lows. I recently bought my first Tikka and I topped it off with my third set of Talleys. If your son is just going to mount a scope and leave it there, I think they are a great choice.

^ that especially on a lightweight rifle; picatiny seems unnecessarily heavy for such a rig.

Sanchez - "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." Exactly the same problem I had with my factory supplied Tikka rings...that lead to my changing them out. Perhaps the rings by themselves are OK but they used cheap azz hardware. Homesteader

Somebody on here makes "fitted" TALLEY mounts that slide perfectly over the top of the action. This would be my choice.

Used to. Not anymore.





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GeoW has it. Warne Steel Tikka rings. Get a Warne torque wrench also. Worth every penny.

I went with the mountain tactical Picatinny rail and Burris Zee rings I like the spacing options the rail offers.
The aluminum one isn't that heavy and seems rock solid with their recoil pin as well as four screws.
Did the performance one thing which included a lug, shroud, and limbsaver recoil pad. All easy on.
http://a66.tinypic.com/msyycp.jpg

FVA,

Which Leupold did you go with? Nice setup.

Tom

Tom
It's a VX-6 2-12x42 Windplex firedot. Got in a little late on the close outs of these but found this one on ebay for $799-. Have not sighted it in yet but it sure is nice to look through.
Frank

No worries on factory t3x rings since they don't come with rings

If you have a VX6 42mm then purchase the exlow talleys. I had the same scope on my Tikka and with the exlow talleys there was still a few mm spare under the objective. if you purchase lows it will be sky high off the rifle.

Thanks very much Timmay. In process of getting Talleys to mount up a VX6 2-12x42. The stock is a Mickey Sako Hunter Edge and I was just about to order lows. Going to try it with the exlows instead. Much appreciated.

Craig

Oldelkhunter - Perhaps someone at Tikka grew weary of either replacing the screws for po'd customers OR actually tried a set. Found out the "customers" were right after all. All this leading up to a design change for the better.
Yes, in this day and age one can hope the higher ups do pay attention. Glad to hear they did it right with the T3X setup. Homesteader

[quote=FVA]I went with the mountain tactical Picatinny rail and Burris Zee rings I like the spacing options the rail offers.
The aluminum one isn't that heavy and seems rock solid with their recoil pin as well as four screws.
Did the performance one thing which included a lug, shroud, and limbsaver recoil pad. All easy on.
http://a66.tinypic.com/msyycp.jpg[/

30 mm medium?

Yep, 30 mm medium.

I've used the Talley LW's for the past 5 years on my Tikka. No issues and great rings. I've decided to switch things up a little this year though. I like the look of the picatinny rail and that's how most of my rifles are set-up. I bought the Mountain Tactical base and Seekin rings. Got another Tikka on the way that will be using the same set-up. I personally don't find the set-up too high as I use 50mm scopes anyway. Seekin lows work well.

I tried and tried having success with those rings. They are made of too soft aluminum and I had them on a 308 and a 270 not some mag. They deformed around the recoil pin. Best rings I have found are DNZ 2 piece rings. Buy a set of Talley lightweights and them and put them side by side.