Scope Mount Tough vs Weight

nksmfamjp

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Looking to mount a 28oz optic on a 7lb Tikka. I'm trying to decide between

Talley Lightweight 2pc mount


Std, but heavier picatinny rail and rings


I've seen lots of folks with the lightweights and I'd like this gun to be light. It is a 6.5 Creedmoor, so recoil isn't really a thing.

Any issues or concerns running the lighter mount? I need it to be durable enough to fly, and hunt with.
 
I am personally not a fan of Talley rings. Too much flex for my taste.

For shots out to 600, I don't think you will need a 20MOA rail. But Inwould go the route of a good rail and ring set up. It makes it easy to have a spare scope set up for your rifle and take on a hunt in case anything happens while away from home. 4 screws and you are good to go.

I like ARC, Seekins, or Hawkens for rings. In that order. Badger Ordinance are great too, especially when mounting real estate is limited.
 
I'm not big on swapping scopes from rifle to rifle, but it happens occasionally. All of our rifles and scopes are mounted with Picatinny bases and rings, so in theory any scope we own could be swapped to any rifle we own.
 
What's that a question to this who makes a receiver length Picatinny base with a recoil lug? For the Tikka T3X?
 
For shots out to 600, I don't think you will need a 20MOA rail. But Inwould go the route of a good rail and ring set up. It makes it easy to have a spare scope set up for your rifle and take on a hunt in case anything happens while away from home. 4 screws and you are good to go.
Absolutely! I've followed this philosophy for quite some time. The last thing needed, especially on an out of state or once in a lifetime hunt…..is to have a scope failure, without a back-up scope ready to go!


While many talk bad about them, my wife and I both have back-up scopes mounted and zero'd in Leupold Q/R.


While I've only swapped back and forth a couple of times for testing purposes…..they did keep there zero.


As for their strength, while we don't shoot as much as most here, they've never failed us……and both of our rifles pretty good recoil. memtb
 
I use the Talley one piece light weights on a couple of my browning Xbolt's and haven't had a problem.
I don't fly anywhere to hunt but I have hunted hard with them and never had a change in zero.
It will be in a well padded case and you should check zero when arriving whichever setup you choose.
 
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