The Warnes are good but rather poorly finished for such a nice rifle as a Dakota.

Burris make some very low Weaver rings which may be available as detachables. They will need lapping but they are very low.

What detachable scopemount will suite the Dakota 76 most? What about Leupold QR mount? I have used this on several rifles before with good results. Original Dakota/Talley base is one this rifle now, but I find that base together with Talley QD rings to high for a Leupold XV-III 2.5-8x36!



Is the receiver front and back ring similar to Winchester? Pre or Post 70??



I used Leupold own "Mount selector" on their webpage and found Winchester Express pre 64 (serial nr. 50062) to fit my Dakota, see picture below. If I use the original drilled hole in the back ring receiver, this mount will extend over the loading port (which I do not like). Would it make any problem if I drill a new hole behind those two in the receiver, and use that and one of the old for this mount?? This will make a perfect fit for this mount.



Btw; Original hole spacing in back ring of a Dakota receiver is .435".



Sorry my English, please ask I you don't understand but what to help..

Oooops.. This will not work. The bolt stopper level have a crosswise pin/spring seat in the area where I did like to drill a new hole.. And the front base was silver solder to the front ring due to lack of threads.

I will now fit a new pair of Warne Maxima base and ring, which I believe is stronger that the Talley system. And it will also allow a lower set up of the scope.

Tom - Talley makes low, medium, and high rings for their bases. Talley makes bases specifically for the Dakota action and I have not found a better ring/base combination for my 76 actions.



Here is their website - http://www.talleyrings.com/



I am sure they can export them to you and will most likely swap the rings for free.

Tom, according the Leupold fit guide in their 2004 product catalog, you'll need PN #50062 for the QR bases and they only come in matte finish. You can also use the QRW bases PN# 49836 which are also matte finished.

Good Luck!

I have talley on my Dakota 97 and they are solid and clean looking setup. No complaints.