What should I use? I do like the option of useing the irons if for some reason the scope fails. I wish Alaska Arms had an option for Mausers. Open to anything up to claw mounts, those would prolly cost more than my rifle.

I use and like the old Kimber QD rings & bases on my Whitworths (300 & 375 H&H) if you can find any.

Send it up to Jim Kobe and have him put his custom Talley basses on it.
Not crazy expensive and very nice looking, not to mention highly functional.

I would just stick a set of talley QDs on it and call it good, they are the best all around for a hunting rifle..Ive used them for years..Brownells handles them for a Mauser, and your gun is D&T from the factory and all you have to do is screw them on and sight in your rifle...You can spend $350 on a set of claws plus another 250 for installation and that certainly is a nice set up..I suggest that you keep everything as low as possible, and that's best done with a 20MM objective such as a 2.5, 3X fixed, or a 1x4 or 1.5x5 Leupold..My favorite scope on a .375 is a 3X Leupold if you can find one, If your one of those powerscope folk, find a nice used 2x7x28 Leupold, that is a nice option..I use my .375 for DG on occasion thus my choice of the fixed 3X LEupold as a favorite, and its been used for Mule Deer, elk and Whitetail, never needed more power, even on long shots.

Like these?

colin, what do you think of the new Whitworth, I had my hands on it one time and thought it was a pretty nice gun for the money.

Go Talleys with their aperture sight.

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Originally posted by Jim Kobe:
Like these?

Jim:

Do yours sit lower or make it easier to see the sights than the standard Talleys?

I have Talleys on mine and like them, but a little more clearance for the sights would be nice.

I put Warnes on my Whitworth in 458. The QD rings return the scope to zero as expected. I can see the irons clearly with the scope removed.

Talleys are a little too high to clear the barrel mounted irons, but they do make a neat little ghost peep and that works great, and won't break the bank.

My favorite set of rings and bases are an old set of Lynn Brownells with small checkered levers and the bases are paper thin..Wish I could find some more of them.

I had Jack Belk make me a set of bases for my G33-40 Im building and they make the action look like a square bridge and they are very low.and the recent purchase of a rare Leupold 2.5X Leupold Alaskan scope is making really pretty little fwt. rifle. The 22 mm scope sets it off..

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Originally posted by Gale Johnson:
colin, what do you think of the new Whitworth, I had my hands on it one time and thought it was a pretty nice gun for the money.

those bases look great Jim, whats something like that run for cost?

I love it, it is really nice condition. I am going to shoot it tomorrow with the irons and then ship to dpcd for a new red recoil pad and a new safety. We will discuss the bases/rings as well.

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Originally posted by Charles_Helm:

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Originally posted by Jim Kobe:
Like these?

Jim:

Do yours sit lower or make it easier to see the sights than the standard Talleys?

I have Talleys on mine and like them, but a little more clearance for the sights would be nice.

I try to make them as low as possible; you need material under the attach screw, .105" for the dovetail and another .050" for a recoil lug. That is the minimum I shoot for, Talley's are a bit higher. Have not had anyone complain about not being able to see the sights.

On Mauser rifles, such as the Whitworth, I always like to use the older Kimbers. This is because of my preference on where the levers are located. I position the front lever at about 4:00 clock time position (trailing back and slightly down) and the rear at 8:00 (projecting forward and a matching slightly downward angle). With these positions one needs a left-hand rear lever screw to avoid the bolt release. The Kimbers make this easy. With Model 70's and Dakota's the right-hand treads are fine. If I remember correctly, the very early Talley's (with the little saw-cut) were done this way but newer ones I've used were dual R.H. Good luck...

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Originally posted by Jim Kobe:

I try to make them as low as possible; you need material under the attach screw, .105" for the dovetail and another .050" for a recoil lug. That is the minimum I shoot for, Talley's are a bit higher. Have not had anyone complain about not being able to see the sights.

Thank you sir.

Jim, do you need the gun to make a set for a MK X ?

Yes, the magic lies in milling the bases mounted on the action.

Most rings for the standard Weaver or Piciinny cross slot bases return to zero very well and Alaska Arms will soon be coming out with their QR rings for them as well.

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Originally posted by 458Win:
Most rings for the standard Weaver or Piciinny cross slot bases return to zero very well and Alaska Arms will soon be coming out with their QR rings for them as well.

that is very good news.

love mine on left hand rugers.

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Originally posted by medved:

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Originally posted by 458Win:
Most rings for the standard Weaver or Piciinny cross slot bases return to zero very well and Alaska Arms will soon be coming out with their QR rings for them as well.

that is very good news.

love mine on left hand rugers.

I agree!

At one time some years ago, when irons had been all but done away with except for a few old cowboys like myself who just refused to give up on irons and didn't trust a scope and installed irons on their rifles and weavers were about the only deal of the day..I found the bases had enough metal to cut a square cut down the middle of them or actually just deepened the existing square cut to give me a clean picture of my barrel mounted rear sights, that still works today..I also had the attachment knobs cut down and levers welded in the existing slots. Installed them with the levers pointed up. When taking the scope off and on I always returned the levers to up and the return to zero was as good as any claw mount Ive used...That came as a surprise to me btw..

Today we have the slide on peep from Talley, and I have some "Little Bo Peeps" that can be drilled and taped on a Redfield, Leupold, and a number of other bases, they flip up and down out of the way. Neat little set up, but today they are pretty hard to find..Found mine at a gunshow.

Just some available options that work with irons.