Bounty hunter, i disagree with you 100%. $260 ish for a set of rings and bases that will give 100% reliability for a lifetime is a bargain. You may only have a $400 rifle, but $400 rifes can still be accurate, and a $400 remington can be gradualy upgraded into a $1500+ tack driver, and your badger Ord rings and bases will still fit and work. believe me, i have gone down the road of that 'll do, ive treid many many types for bases and rings, ive fitted hundreds and hundreds of scopes to bases to rifles and none are better than badger ord. never mind the cost of the rifle, what about the cost of the hunt, can you afford to have a $50 set of scope mounting kit fail on a $1000 hunt? my philosophy on my hunting gear is: would i be prepared to trust my life to that equipment? if the answer is no, then i don't use it or buy it. by the same tocken, you are trusting a life of a magnificent game animal to the same cheap inferior pile of crap, buy once, but right, we are all to poor not to. Badger Ord equipment will take lots of abuse ( look at Daves post), my hunting kit is treated like tools and equipment and not mollycoddled too. not much of the cheaper kit will stand the slightes knock.
It amaizes me that hunters spend $30000 plus on a 4X4, hundreds on clothing, boots, scent, calls,travel,flights, food, tags, licenses, ammo, guide fees, the list is endless, they spend all that money only to have a hunt ruined by a $50 set of rings and base that failed.. ha.. when that happens, how much has that $50 set of mounting kit realy cost you?
and what is $260 these days?? its 2 nights out in town with a steak and some beer and maybe some movie tickets thrown in.. me,i'll stay in and watch TV this weekend, but i'll buy reliable scope mounting equipment next week.
Pete
Pete