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Santa brought my son (9 years old) his first rifle for Christmas. It is a youth Marlin in .243 and I need to get his scope mounted to it. I purchase him a Sightron SI 3x9 40mm scope for it. By no means top of the line but not a $30 scope either. What cheap rings will give me the best value for my money?
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Check on eBay. Lots of inexpensive rings, both new and used.
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Weavers are currently holding down both the 2.5x Leupolds on my 12 ga. 870 slug gun and 12 ga. Mossberg turkey gun. Also the Redfield on my sporterized #4 Mk I Lee-Enfield and the Burris on my 22-250 and even the BSA on my 10/22. No problems; no complaints. I have other more expensive rings on other things but for the money it's tough to beat those old time proven Weavers.
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I have had the Weaver Quadlocks on a few slug guns and a 223 that rode in the truck a lot and never had a problem.
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Millet has some nice verticle split rings.
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+4 on the Weaver. Especially so since the X rifles come with a Weaver base.
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You're freaking nuts Swampy!!!
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I keep a couple of spare sets of Weaver Quad Locks on the shelf just in case. They only run $11-$12 at WalMart.
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You're freaking nuts Swampy!!!
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Hate to agree with swampy but I would pick the Burris Zee rings also over the Weaver!
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I've got two sets of the old Weaver rings I use regularly but have also had good results with the Leupold Rifleman series of rings. Lots of them over the yrs.
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I normally use the zee rings that run $30-$40 delivered but as has already been mentioned the quad locks have been good for me too and for $15 they are a steal
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Millet has some nice verticle split rings.
Millets are garbage, they are made out of very soft aluminum that will strip their threads with very little torque applied to the bolts.
Another vote for weavers, they are a pain to get the reticle properly aligned as it keeps rotating as you tighten the screws, but as far as a rock solid simple inexspensive mount they can't be beat.
That said if you can find talley lw's on sale they really aren't much more expensive than weaver bases and rigs.
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