Talley Extra Low LW Rings/Bases Review... - 12/11/09
After years of everyone here practically begging the guys at Talley to build an Extra Low One-piece Lightweight
rings/bases, they've finally done it. Being one of the proponents of such a ring, I felt obliged to put my money
where my mouth is and order up a set. I called Gary Tuesday afternoon on the way back to Austin from a business
trip. As is par for the course with the guys at Talley, they shipped my stuff quickly, and it arrived this
afternoon. After putting the kiddo to bed, I decided to drop them on a rifle of mine and see what I thought.
First let me point out the new product number for the Extra Lows for a Remington 700. The number for the LOW
rings is 930700. The number for the new Extra Low ring is 920700. I measured the Extra Lows to be almost 0.1" lower than the Lows.
Here is a side-by-side comparison of the Lows an Extra Lows...
I figured the best way to show the difference and possible fit issues was to set each scope in both sets of rings
and try to take pictures from similar angles/distances. I have four of the more common scopes you see or read
about here that I figured I'd throw on to do a little visual comparison--Leupolds in 6x42, 2.5-8x36, and 3.5-10x40
and a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40. Some of them are wearing Butler Creek flip-ups, some are wearing Leupold Alumina
flip-ups. This particular rifle normally wears a VX-III 2.5-8x36, so that's what I'll start off with. In case
anybody is wondering, the barrel on this rifle is a No. 3 Brux contour which is pretty close to a Remington Magnum
contour, but this one has a longer shank. Anyway, on to the pictures...
Leupold 2.5-8x36 in Talley Lows
Leupold 2.5-8x36 in Talley Extra Lows
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Leupold VX3 3.5-10x40 in Talley Lows
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Leupold VX3 3.5-10x40 in Talley Extra Lows
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Barrel Clearance Closeup
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rings/bases, they've finally done it. Being one of the proponents of such a ring, I felt obliged to put my money
where my mouth is and order up a set. I called Gary Tuesday afternoon on the way back to Austin from a business
trip. As is par for the course with the guys at Talley, they shipped my stuff quickly, and it arrived this
afternoon. After putting the kiddo to bed, I decided to drop them on a rifle of mine and see what I thought.
First let me point out the new product number for the Extra Lows for a Remington 700. The number for the LOW
rings is 930700. The number for the new Extra Low ring is 920700. I measured the Extra Lows to be almost 0.1" lower than the Lows.
Here is a side-by-side comparison of the Lows an Extra Lows...
I figured the best way to show the difference and possible fit issues was to set each scope in both sets of rings
and try to take pictures from similar angles/distances. I have four of the more common scopes you see or read
about here that I figured I'd throw on to do a little visual comparison--Leupolds in 6x42, 2.5-8x36, and 3.5-10x40
and a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40. Some of them are wearing Butler Creek flip-ups, some are wearing Leupold Alumina
flip-ups. This particular rifle normally wears a VX-III 2.5-8x36, so that's what I'll start off with. In case
anybody is wondering, the barrel on this rifle is a No. 3 Brux contour which is pretty close to a Remington Magnum
contour, but this one has a longer shank. Anyway, on to the pictures...
Leupold 2.5-8x36 in Talley Lows
Leupold 2.5-8x36 in Talley Extra Lows
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Leupold VX3 3.5-10x40 in Talley Lows
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Leupold VX3 3.5-10x40 in Talley Extra Lows
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Barrel Clearance Closeup
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