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Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
tikka owners please help with advice...
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<blockquote data-quote="Alaska_Seth" data-source="post: 541449" data-attributes="member: 33029"><p>Mike,</p><p> </p><p>It doesn't matter how tough a Talley is, if the screw fails the mount is disconnected from you rifle. This is the same with any rifle. However the screw on a Talley is the bearing surface. That's it nothing else, unless you epoxy your mount down.</p><p> </p><p>It is basic physics. A small skinny piece of metal is weaker than a big fat piece of metal. </p><p> </p><p>Saddle mounts and Ring mounts are held on to the integral bases of a rifle by the pinching pressure on the undercut of the integral base. The bolts pinch down on the integral undercuts. So it is the undercut that has the bearing surface on it.</p><p> </p><p>Bolt on mounts like Talleys and Dog nuts or whatever they are called. Utilize 3 or 4 6x40 screws (or 8x40 screws if you re cut them to a bigger size). The screw is the only bearing surface connected to the rifle unless you epoxy them down. </p><p> </p><p>Even on a rifle like a M700 Remington you can have a fairly strong mount by using a bridge system like a Warne, Badger, or PG&W 1913 rail and using both epoxy and the little 6x40 screws on the rail, because the expoxy is the bearing surface not the little 6x40 screws. </p><p> </p><p>The scope mount system will never be as strong as a rifle action like the Surgeon with integral 1913 rails, the Badger 2008 with 1913 rails, or even a Ruger with integral mounts. Because a bolt on system is not integral.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alaska_Seth, post: 541449, member: 33029"] Mike, It doesn't matter how tough a Talley is, if the screw fails the mount is disconnected from you rifle. This is the same with any rifle. However the screw on a Talley is the bearing surface. That's it nothing else, unless you epoxy your mount down. It is basic physics. A small skinny piece of metal is weaker than a big fat piece of metal. Saddle mounts and Ring mounts are held on to the integral bases of a rifle by the pinching pressure on the undercut of the integral base. The bolts pinch down on the integral undercuts. So it is the undercut that has the bearing surface on it. Bolt on mounts like Talleys and Dog nuts or whatever they are called. Utilize 3 or 4 6x40 screws (or 8x40 screws if you re cut them to a bigger size). The screw is the only bearing surface connected to the rifle unless you epoxy them down. Even on a rifle like a M700 Remington you can have a fairly strong mount by using a bridge system like a Warne, Badger, or PG&W 1913 rail and using both epoxy and the little 6x40 screws on the rail, because the expoxy is the bearing surface not the little 6x40 screws. The scope mount system will never be as strong as a rifle action like the Surgeon with integral 1913 rails, the Badger 2008 with 1913 rails, or even a Ruger with integral mounts. Because a bolt on system is not integral. [/QUOTE]
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