Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics How many of you have had Talley LW’s fail

Yep.

And while that may be effective, I prefer another approach to holding the scope tube securely in the rings. And it's not just the Talley LW's that have issues. Matter of fact, in an out-of-the-box-just-bolt-'em-on scenario, an aluminum ring that has some amount of flex will generally provide more contact than a steel ring that doesn't conform as easily.

Stuff happens. Addressing/correcting things right from the start is always preferable to fixing stuff later.

For example, there's a set of Warne steel bases here that cracked between the mounting screws (rear base for a Rem. 700)......

Good shootin'. -Al

I always dremel/file the pinch points off, cranked down farmer tight with blue loctite, and lap the shlt out of them.

MD

My experience with LW Talley's mirrors yours. The NULA I used them the hardest was a .300 Win mag with a 4,5 14 Leupie. Planes , backpacks truculent horses 4 wheelers etc. No problems.

The recoil from the .300 is not a gentle kiss




Lefty

When I used them, I lapped and dusted with powdered rosin. If you don't lapp, they're guaranteed to leave ring marks.

I'll go another step when mounting the lowers.......

After de-horning, I'll mount the lowers 1/8 turn off snug, and use the lapping bar as an alignment rod. Slide it 1 direction to expose 1 base screw, & lightly snug it. Then slide the rod the other direction to expose 1 screw in the other base, & lightly snug it. The back the other way to access the 2nd screw, & snug it, and then reverse to the 2nd screw on the other base.

I go back & forth several times, tightening a little more each time, till farmer tight is reached.

I then lap the lowers to satisfaction, then screw on the tops to clean them up.

Clean & degrease everything, and mount the scope......done.

aalf: Your pic is worth a thousand words, buddy.

These aren't Talley LW's but might give people a good idea of how little contact there can be. Bases have already been bedded so as to align up/down and front/rear. Lights not the best on the first one as I grabbed it with my phone.

After lapping and bedding:



The tops are same/same so get the same/same treatment. Before:



After lapping and bedding:

Al,

I just pulled a scope that had been mounted in these rings, it would pass for NIB.

I also number tops & and bottoms, if you notice the 1's & 2's in the pic.

Even if I re-use rings on a different gun, I still do a light lap again, just to be sure.

While I generally never throw my shlt around on purpose, I've yet to bust a Talley.

"Stress relieving" is a good thing......


PS.....Heat wave is here!!!

Stopped by the old man few minutes ago, got him all squared away. Rem/Talley/leupold trifecta!! 😂😂

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Bout 5 minutes ready to roll. 👍

OMG!!! Talleys and a Leupold!!!

#livingontheedge

Ask the flatbill skinny Jean crowd, and a Remington??? Haha 😂😂

I just love it!!! Haha

I about to scope a Model 70 Super Grade in 338 WM. I will install a set of Talley lightweights and see what happens

I had Burris Signatures fail where the bottom ring attaches to the base one time.

I use Talley's now. Never a problem. I always lap them.

That's the look I like.

Have several different sets on anything from .308 to 300 ultra n haven't had a issue yet

I dont wear flatbills or skinny jeans, and do shoot and like Remington 700s... 🤪

And yet, I’ve seen 3 sets of Talley LWs crack on good hunting bud’s rifles. Seeing that was enough that I no longer have any in use.

Have had Talleys on Remingtons and Kimbers, 223 to 300 Ultra. Have had 3 sets crack. two sets were torqued as per Talley specs, one was farmer tight. The set that cracked on a 223 Montana was a light duty rifle, never seeing hard use. A Remington was basically a safe queen, and the Montana 7wsm saw hard use strapped to a backpack most of the time. That one went from being less than half MOA to 4+ MOA in between two subsequent days of shooting.

Have had 25+ pairs, never an issue, but I always lap them.

Well boys and girls, it's looks like I was wrong....

I was under the impression that lapping & de-horning was the answer to Talley woes.

I just pulled a gun out of the safe, and what should I see, but a Talley had split whilst in storage.






Let the 99igger pile continue......

You're doing it wrong.