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That looks pretty good. Thinking I should have ordered the EL Talleys

Aaargh

I WAS happy with the Talley lows on my 8400 but now I gotta wonder...

My M700's are a no brainer; extra-lows will be procured.

Good news, I guess, that they exist now but I'd just gotten everything converted to Talleys in the last year plus. Now I need to decide what needs re-converting.

I too bugged them for lower rings.

I tried the new extra lows in a standard LA model 700 7 rem mag with a 3.5-10 x 40. It just fit with front ring turned so it was closer to the rear. I am pretty much repeating what has been said.

The issue with the 90 degree base edge hitting either the magnification ring or front bell could be easily remedied by making a circular cut parallel to the scope tube into either offending pc. The cut would hardly be visible, I have done it with the front of a few picatinny rails for short bodied scope with 50 mm objectives. Seeing so many here have things cerro coated it would work out nicely. Even a small chamfer at a 45 degree angle would allow for a better fit. Just a thought.

Awesome news! I had read clark98ut's review where the 2.5-8X36 power selector ring would NOT fit over the rearmost portion of the base - I have mine mounted in lows currently and it is all the way forward. I went ahead and ordered one set anyway just to try 'em out on one of my M70's, but I haven't been able to get 'em mounted yet. Looks like I'll be ordering a few more sets now!

Thanks UT, exactly what I was looking for.

Just remounted my VXIII 2.5-8X36 on my Win M70 300WSM, and the extra lows will allow mounting the power ring over the base extension of the rear ring. They are the perfect height for this scope!

Mounted the extra low rings on a Browning a-bolt II. Stainless synthetic model with a Leupold compact scope for a total weight of 6 7/8 pounds. With the low mounts it comes up to the eye like a nice shotgun does.

For all:

Is there any general agreement as to the minimum clearance needed between the scope and the barrel? I've always been surprised by the potential movement of seemingly rigid metal objects when subjected to significant forces.

Logger

Thanks for all the info! How close does the bolt handle get to the scope? Does it make cycling the bolt difficult? Can you get the neoprene scope cover over it or is it too close to the barrel? Also, if you were to do it all over again would you choose lows or extra lows? Sorry for all the questions. I'm going to be putting together the same combo but with a VX3i, I believe they're the same dimensions as the VX3.

Necro thread...
I can't really help much on a 7 year old thread. But I'll bet if you order a set of Extra-lows from Talley, and they don't provide the clearance you need, they would exchange them promptly.