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HELP - Talley rings or Picatinny rail ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kennibear" data-source="post: 973878" data-attributes="member: 51650"><p>I used Weaver Picatinny rails until I discovered Tally one piece rings/bases. Think of it this way: one piece screwed on top of another with a third piece screwed down to the second and a forth put through the third piece and screwed to it. Lots of connections that have to hold tight and play together well.</p><p></p><p>The Tally's are a single unit attached permanently to the top of the rifle action and the scope clamped down to that. Simple and elegant and VERY strong. Say what you will the Talley is as strong as any setup I have ever mounted and I do tons of scopes for my friends.</p><p></p><p>Here is the quick sequence I use:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]36904[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The aluminum tube is drilled to allow the mount screws to be tightened while the tube hold the rings in alignment. Red Loctite between the mount/action, blue Loctite on the screws.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]36905[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After 24 hours cure time another aluminum tube is used to lap the rings into perfect alignment with valve grinding compound. I have a selection of remnants from Metals Supermarket that vary a few thousandths in diameter. I pick a piece that is at or 0.001" under the scope diameter. Scopes are not exactly 1", 30mm etc. They vary in diameter. The Vortex mounted on this Tikka 7mm RM was 0.998"</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]36906[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>If you look closely at the front ring you will notice a very slight black smudge on the fore edge. That is the remaining black finish from lapping the rings. Even with all the care aligning the rings to screw them down the machining tolerances stack up to miss-align the rings ever so slightly. But the lapping cuts everything straight and the scope will now clamp to the rings without torqueing or bending the scope tube at all.</p><p></p><p>This is as strong a scope mount as is possible. A 20MOA or even 40MOA Picatinny rail is a must for long range work but for 600 yards or slightly more it isn't needed- especially for the 7mm RM! Rails have their place for shure but I am all in on the Tally's. Too bad Tally doesn't make them in 20 MOA....</p><p></p><p>I apologize for the poor picture quality.</p><p></p><p>KB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kennibear, post: 973878, member: 51650"] I used Weaver Picatinny rails until I discovered Tally one piece rings/bases. Think of it this way: one piece screwed on top of another with a third piece screwed down to the second and a forth put through the third piece and screwed to it. Lots of connections that have to hold tight and play together well. The Tally's are a single unit attached permanently to the top of the rifle action and the scope clamped down to that. Simple and elegant and VERY strong. Say what you will the Talley is as strong as any setup I have ever mounted and I do tons of scopes for my friends. Here is the quick sequence I use: [ATTACH]36904.vB[/ATTACH] The aluminum tube is drilled to allow the mount screws to be tightened while the tube hold the rings in alignment. Red Loctite between the mount/action, blue Loctite on the screws. [ATTACH]36905.vB[/ATTACH] After 24 hours cure time another aluminum tube is used to lap the rings into perfect alignment with valve grinding compound. I have a selection of remnants from Metals Supermarket that vary a few thousandths in diameter. I pick a piece that is at or 0.001" under the scope diameter. Scopes are not exactly 1", 30mm etc. They vary in diameter. The Vortex mounted on this Tikka 7mm RM was 0.998" [ATTACH]36906.vB[/ATTACH] If you look closely at the front ring you will notice a very slight black smudge on the fore edge. That is the remaining black finish from lapping the rings. Even with all the care aligning the rings to screw them down the machining tolerances stack up to miss-align the rings ever so slightly. But the lapping cuts everything straight and the scope will now clamp to the rings without torqueing or bending the scope tube at all. This is as strong a scope mount as is possible. A 20MOA or even 40MOA Picatinny rail is a must for long range work but for 600 yards or slightly more it isn't needed- especially for the 7mm RM! Rails have their place for shure but I am all in on the Tally's. Too bad Tally doesn't make them in 20 MOA.... I apologize for the poor picture quality. KB [/QUOTE]
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