Cheaper than dirt has the warne for $35 bucks for the maxima quick detach... there stock is low... they do use the weaver style bases. Mine is in the mail and I'll report back if this thread is still active... I plan on using them on my knew 9.3... I have talleys for a replacement if I do not like them.
Aaron

Have you considered a swing mount such as Recknagel or EAW? Costs a bit more than a Talley/Warne/Weaver/Whatever, but both can be removed without any change in point of impact, are very solidly built, and neither use levers.



Erik D.

Opinions please on the "best" QD rings for a .416. This was recommended by my PH for an up coming buff hunt. One other thing, I want the levers on the left side of the receiver so as to not interfer with loading or ejection, so please take this into consideration in your recommendation. Thanks.

My gunsmith prefers the Leupold Steel QRW rings over vertically split rings so that he can lap them in.

Have had a set of Warne QD rings on my .375HH for the last five years. As recoil effect is dependant on the weight of your rifle and your selection of scope, I'm guessing that this makes a meaningful comparison for your consideration.

I have had perfect return to zero after removal and no scope shift due to recoil.

I have bought a second set to hold a pre-zeroed scope in the event of glass problems while on a hunt.

Your choice what side you place the levers on - one of each if that takes your fancy!

They are an attractive price if that is a consideration for you. Does it get any better than this?

Good luck with your choice and the hunt you take it on.

Rgds

Ian

All my guns now have Talley QD. rings and fitted bases, and that is because of problems that I have had with most other systems and based on many years of hunting in Africa and foriegn countries..and airline companies that tend to ruin a zero even before you get there.....

An example is the spring tension on Warne levers, if they are mounted on the bolt side or the gun, and they must be on some models, they can bounce out of place and block the bolt uplift, as happened to me as luck would have it, on a Cape buffalo charge, fortunatly the PH sorted out that mess..When I got home all my Warnes went in a box and I bought all Talleys...I have some clients who apparantly broke off the levers on the Leupolds..Human error or poor quality, I do not know...

I have settled on Talleys and I also very much like the old European claw mounts if properly fitted by a good craftsman...

Keep in mind that for a proper return to zero, it is a darn good practice to have the action surface ground, and hand fitted bases and rings, otherwise one gun in a million will return to exact zero...Even then its iffy but always very close with properly fitted scope rings and bases...Very few factory rifles are square to the world thus return to zero is ruined by stresses on the system...