Scope base and rings for mountain rifle?

[BULLBLASTER]

Hawkins long range hybrids are pretty good. 25 moa and light weight.

 

[MudRunner2005]

Is the DNZ Game Reaper a viable solution? Or would this be considered a tier below Nightforce or Seekins?

They are a good mount, but they are a step below, only because they are not quite as strong as the 1 piece rail with the super heavy duty Seekins rings. They are an awesome mount, but they are not quite as strong. They are also a good company, too. I used to have a DNZ Game Reaper mount, and one of the caps had to be drilled-out, and replaced and screws needed replacing (I do all this type of work myself), and the company sold me the new cap at a discount, and sent me a whole bag of screws and a nice handwritten note apologizing for my issue with the mount. That's a good company right there.

Are they made from steel or aluminum? I game to consider any option as long as it works and has a good reputation. That's the problem with the Nightforce A102 mount I originally was looking at, there is little information if it's an effective system or not.

Yes, they are made from aluminum. Very light, but pretty strong.

They are a good mount, but I would go with the EGW HD rail and Seekins rings. MUCH stronger setup.

 

[middleofnowhere]

Hawkins long range hybrids are pretty good. 25 moa and light weight.

I don't like rails, because I hand carry the rifle wrap my thumb between the action and the scope. The Hawkins seemed a little more "refined" to me than the Talleys, so I went 25 moa hybrids with a cant level.

 

[ndczerwinski]

Do you lap your rings?

Typically yes.

 

[duckhunter175]

I've had Seekins rings and rails on a 9lb 7RUM, 10lb 338wm with zero issues so I'm sticking with them for my 300 Norma.

 

[bpotter]

Anyone try precision armament base? Stumbled across them during a web search.

 

[yoteslayer]

As mentioned the Hawkins are a good way to go not sure there weight but are advised as being light

 

[Joseph Murty]

Middleofnowhere...
Those look a lot like Talley's. Have you tried talley's? I'm looking to setup an old model 70 currently.

 

[sp6x6]

My actions have rails or built in,NF ultra light rings,titanium cross bolts and jaws.

 

[SavageHunter11]

Aluminum

I'm also considering a new mountain rifle, and the game reaper seems like the lowest weight solution.

What does the setup weight? I'm not finding any advertised weight.

 

[seawolfxix]

What does the setup weight? I'm not finding any advertised weight.

I had to email them for this info. They said ~4 oz for a standard short action mount and ~4.5oz for the "tactical" version.

 

[SavageHunter11]

I had to email them for this info. They said ~4 oz for a standard short action mount and ~4.5oz for the "tactical" version.

That's pretty much identical to the Nightforce for a third the price.

 

[dirtytough]

EGW HD 20MOA base, Seekins Precision 30mm low rings.

My buddy had the EGW on a 30-378. The screw holes wallowed out and the rail was slipping on top of his action. The gunsmith said he has seen that a lot with EGW. 30-378 is obviously towards the upper end recoil wise so they might be fine on smaller calibers.

I personally like the Hawkins hybrids.

 

[Rusty85]

Always have run Talley's on my lightweight rifles. And have never had any issues. That includes a 7lb un-braked 300 wby.