Scope base options for Kimber?

For what it’s worth I make pic rails for Kimbers. If you wanted it built as a two piece, I’d be happy omit the middle section...

Regarding tallys, there are many many out there and lots of guys have had good experience with them (one of my rifles is currently wearing a set). That doesn’t refute the fact that failures like this can and do happen. There is no possible explanation beyond a catastrophic material failure here. If that mount was made of a quality grade aluminum, an over torqued screw would only be capable of three things: stripping its own threads, popping its head off or stripping the threads in the receiver. If none of the above things happened a screw head of this size could be sucked right through a mount made of half decent aluminum without splitting the mount.
Regards,
Paul
 
Warne steel or Burris xtr steel bases if they make for kimber, old school weaver detach top mounts in low are low, like Talley x-low low. One of my Talley rigs is going back to factory rail and the weavers as part of a refresh. For the 1.5 to 2.0 total you’d add going this way your height will be low af but robustness x10, not sure you could do more for the weight than that.
 
PR Cook said:
For what it’s worth I make pic rails for Kimbers. If you wanted it built as a two piece, I’d be happy omit the middle section...

Regarding tallys, there are many many out there and lots of guys have had good experience with them (one of my rifles is currently wearing a set). That doesn’t refute the fact that failures like this can and do happen. There is no possible explanation beyond a catastrophic material failure here. If that mount was made of a quality grade aluminum, an over torqued screw would only be capable of three things: stripping its own threads, popping its head off or stripping the threads in the receiver. If none of the above things happened a screw head of this size could be sucked right through a mount made of half decent aluminum without splitting the mount.
Regards,
Paul
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Paul there may be a decent market for some xtra low talleys style ring mounts made of proper 7075…just sayin
 
Slimbo said:
Paul there may be a decent market for some xtra low talleys style ring mounts made of proper 7075…just sayin
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One outfit makes some 25 moa for tikka but keep ignoring requests for 0 moa and lower options. Your idea is correct though, don’t focus on just a couple platforms, go at them all like Talley just bring on some harder materials and even steel also. The trend will keep going this way. The easy button is Talley seeing this stuff and stop using the 6000 series stuff permanently. Doesn’t seem like they are paying attention enough yet though.
 
Buckmastr said:
Rempel did. He probably would. For less then near I bet.
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X2, won’t find a precision machinist who shoots competitive who could whip these up for less as he’s as fair as they come, he’s function first, aesthetics mean a little less, so if you’re more after a certain ‘look’ it will be a conversation to have. Worth a call always, see if you can get some sample pics etc. When you want it to shoot you just give it to him and wait for the phone call when it’s ready. He’s one in a million, been lucky to have him so close.
 
Slimbo said:
Paul there may be a decent market for some xtra low talleys style ring mounts made of proper 7075…just sayin
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While I agree with you, and wish more ring manufactures used 7075, there are a pile of 6000 series alloy rings out there that never seem to have the failures seen with LWs.

I won't use Talley LWs anymore, but do have a few other aluminum rings/bases- Hawkins, Area419, Sportsmatch, Burris- and they've been solid. The Area419 rails are 7075 though, IIRC.
 
Slimbo/Blakeboy: You might be right, There are certainly people out there (global market) who would see the value in a higher quality version of a Talley LW.

Unfortunately a lot of people don't place much value in rings/mounts. This has driven the market to be where it is (which includes many solid options for common platforms/systems) while leaving boutique/custom parts manufacture to people like Mr. Rempel, NearMfg. or myself and to carry the accompanying price tags.
One advantage to building custom parts, or even semi-custom parts built to order, is that one can accommodate platform, variant, material, finish, and style to provide exactly what the customer is after.

Regards,
Paul.
 
Ardent said:
I’ve got a set of the Leupolds for the 84 somewhere, will see if I can turn them up they’re ten or fifteen years into the parts bins. If I find them, they’re yours for the cost of mailing them.
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Thanks for the offer, but I already had a set of them that I’m going to use until I find something better I like.
 
PR Cook said:
Slimbo/Blakeboy: You might be right, There are certainly people out there (global market) who would see the value in a higher quality version of a Talley LW.

Unfortunately a lot of people don't place much value in rings/mounts. This has driven the market to be where it is (which includes many solid options for common platforms/systems) while leaving boutique/custom parts manufacture to people like Mr. Rempel, NearMfg. or myself and to carry the accompanying price tags.
One advantage to building custom parts, or even semi-custom parts built to order, is that one can accommodate platform, variant, material, finish, and style to provide exactly what the customer is after.

Regards,
Paul.
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Hi Paul, what do you think the cost would be for Talley Style Extra Low for a Kimber 84M?
Thx
 
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