This has probably been beaten to death on the African Hunting forum, but does this group have concensous on what brand of bases and rings withstand recoil the best.
I think the answer to your question is proper preperation and the use of good thread lock. Not the brand of mounts. Most mounts including the weaver style will stay put under normal conditions. The usual failure is not with the rings, bases or mounting screws, its not gettin 100% of the oil out of your mounting screw holes and not degreasing all surfaces that will touch each other. I had a freind that used a 12 ga pump for everything. He had an Alaskan 4x scope he bought for ten bucks at a yard sale. He bought some Weaver alum. mounts and rings preped them with alcohol and glued the base to the reciever with PC-7!! Years later the sope finaly would not hold p.o.a., but the rings and yes the base where good to go. Its amazing what American ingenuity will acomplish. Oh George, how did you get him to lay so still ?? Charlie
Posts: 343 | Location: U.S.A. | Registered: 16 March 2005
Well given that I have talleys on all my big boys. Carry them by the scope like an AR then proceed to plunk what I want where I want, you know my answer
As far as the mounts themselves, I like Leupold DD bases with Burris signature rings. The weakest link in almost any system is those four tiny 6X48 screws holding the bases to the receiver. On any big bore or even fast kicker, I like to punch out the mounting holes to 8X40. It's relatively simple to do and the extra mass certainly can't hurt.
Gabe
Posts: 410 | Location: Granite City, WI | Registered: 10 March 2003
I have the Talley QR on my CZ 375, have had scope on and off and shot well over 600 rounds for practice and it still shoots the same. I have not had to adjust the settings after initial sight in. I've been shooting North Fork 300gr SP at 2550 FPS and really expected to need to adjust after a couple hundred rounds but I haven't had to. These are the first QR rings I've ever used and really didn't think you could take a scope off and put it back on and NOT have to re-sight, but these have proved otherwise, I am impressed. Joe
Posts: 185 | Location: ohio | Registered: 13 June 2003
Hate to state the obvious, but of all the major mounts in use, it would have to be the Ruger integral system. However, you are limited as to action.
Seriously, the screws are the problem, whether #6 or #8. Even Loctited in, they present the lowest shear area of any mechanical part. On a custom gun, I think it makes a lot of sense to pick a good steel base, then silver solder them in place. They can always be removed, but why would you ever have to?
Posts: 1238 | Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA | Registered: 04 February 2003
500GRNS, RECKNAGEL"ERA" = http://www.recknagel.com They have many usefull items such as sights,swivels{some very compact detachable ones},actions, safty's, magazine's for M98, mounts and more.
Posts: 5886 | Location: Sydney,Australia | Registered: 03 July 2005
I have settled on Talleys...The old cheap Weavers are strong as any but they will turn the cross hairs towards the ring screws when carried horseback or in a truck in time...
YOu dont exactly specify Q/D rings when you ask which are the strongest rings. Granite Mountain Arms had 2pc steel ringssets at Reno ACGG,that were one piece(integral) with their base.Each ring cap had 4 crew setup.Combine that with 8/40 reciever screws, and your set. Outside of that you would go with a rifle action that has integral rings machined into it. Such as the Harre49.Pretty much foolproof.
