Tikka t3 superlite in 300WM with vortex pst4x16...ring help!

[Ucsdryder]

I am putting together a mountain gun for elk. Nothing fancy, but wanted something light and stainless. I have the gun and the scope but trying to decide on rings. I will be shooting 180gr bullets. I was going to go with the talley lightweights.

1. Does anybody have this setup and if so can I get away with the low rings?

2. I see a lot of long range setups that have a 20moa base. If I zero at 100 yards does anybody have a ballpark idea how far I can go before my scope runs out of clicks? For hunting I will be staying with 600 yards but would like the option to dial in farther for punching paper.

Thanks!

 

[Jeremyc]

I have talley low rings directly mounted on mine with a vortex 2.5-10. I haven't shot much paper with it. It kicks like a mother..... I did kill 2 elk with it this year though. Awesome set up to hike with

 

[Ucsdryder]

I heard a new pad does wonders but it still kicks like a mule.

 

[Jeremyc]

I heard a new pad does wonders but it still kicks like a mule.

I have the limbsaver on mine. It does help, but is still a mule. Good enough to sight in every year and hunt with, but I won't be having any extended range sessions with it.

 

[Brew]

I shoot the same rife. Love it, too.
I put game reeper dnz one piece medium mount. And a ziess hd5.
It does kicker harder than most 300 win mags. So I agree on putting the limbsaver pad.
I Also put a Witt machine clamp on muzzle break. Still a light gun and shoots like a 243.
I don't notice it being any louder than normal either.
I don't think you'll have a problem with windage clicks.

 

[ahawks87]

I use a set of Optilock low rings on my T3 Forest. I am using a HD5 5-25-50. Works great for me.

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[jaybo]

I also have a Tikka 300 win mag and went with the Tally light weight mounts. I changed the stock to a McMillan Sako Hunter and changed the bottom piece to aluminum to allow me to torque the screws to 60 inch pounds. With the plastic, when I went above 30 inch pounds it flexed the plastic and was binding the magazine. I mounted a Swarovski 3Z 4x12x50 4W ballistic turret. I went with that scope because I wanted to keep it simple without any parallax adjustments and that set up should get me to 600 yards where the scope should max out. I have sighted it in just have not had a chance to get to the camp where I shoot and collect all my data.

The rifle is 8 pounds with the scope and kicks like a mule.

You should be fine without any kind of MOA adjustment . I had a similar set up with a Sako A7 with a Night Force NXS 3x15x50 on it and it was good to 750 yards where I ran out of shooting range.

 

[jaybo]

I forgot to say that I would not zero at 100 yards. With that caliber I would go for 200 yards at least. You may even want to go 250 yards. At 250 yard zero you would be about 3 inches high at the most from 0 - 250 and maybe 3.5 inches low at 300 yards. If you are shooting at an elk out to 300 yards 3 inches should not matter. Just play with the ballistic calculator on this site and see what will work best for your equipment and elevation.

 

[fllefty]

OK just when thru same excercise. My T3 is LH and scope is nightforce 50mm, had tally lightweight mounts(love them) in lows. Mounted scope perfect cheek weld looked great-but due to nightforce turrets the fired brass would hit parralex knob and fall back into action. I have since switched to highs. Not sure if your vortex has long windage turret. Just my experience. Tally lows are. 400 med. 500, highs .600