21 April 2017, 10:24
Big Wonderful WyomingDakota 10 257
The lug is where the Tally failed. Anymount can shear apart under recoil. The lighter the rifle and the heavier the scope, and the more the recoil compounds the issue.
You are right about that, it does leave more rifles for the rest of you.
Smithson would either put a sleave the barrel on a single shot or solder on the bases in addition to machining them.
Fun debate, thanks again and have a wonderful weekend.
24 April 2017, 08:58
Alan RoundyTo: Big Wonderful Wyoming. The single shot rifle you attribute to Smithson was actually stocked by Darwin Hensley, I handled the rifle in his shop as it was being stocked. Not a knock on Joe's work, just wanted to give credit where it's due.
24 April 2017, 10:49
Big Wonderful WyomingCheers,
The rifle is a link on Hallowells website. He has it incorrectly attributed.
Maybe Smithson did the metal work?
02 May 2017, 18:37
customboltWhat is the twist rate of the barrel? Might be a mis-match in bullet weight. Keyword - might. Hope you find the sweet spot with your ammo.
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Originally posted by Jmbrown:
I don't have near $5000 in it. The Model 10s come already set up with the Talley's which is great with me, because I like them. If you don't like them then don't get them, it's really that simple. Even if I were to have Smithson build me some rings and bases it could still have the same problem you mentioned in sheering off the screws because there is nothing for him to be able to build the integral bases on so he would have to end up screwing them on in the end unless he wanted to solder them on.
The lug on Talley's is on the front of the bases and if the rings are pushed against the lugs like they are supposed to be and the rings are tightened correctly I highly doubt it will stand a chance of sheering off the lugs. It could sheer off screws under extremely hard recoil, but like you said that can happen with any bases that aren't built integrally to the rifle, and being this is a 257 Roberts I highly doubt it will happen on this rifle.
Talley's have a very large following of people that trust them and like the way they look. You are the only person that I've actually heard of that despises them. So I will keep on using them and you can use whatever you like, and if you can't buy a rifle because you have seen it wearing Talley's in the past the that just leaves more for the rest of us. Hahahaha!