What Are Some Of The Better Base/Rings

[bigbull]

If the new Sako rings fit the Tikka they would be my first choice. They have some great advantages.
1. They mount directly to the reciever without the need af a base.
2. They have an integrated recoil shoulder.
3. They have synthetic inserts like the burris. If they are interchangeable with the Burris then the offset inserts can be installed to give you whatever elevation adjustment you need for long range without the use of a canted base.
bigbull

 

[Max Owner]

Thanx guys.

For the Tikka, it seems that my options are limited.

Near seems to be leading the opinion poll for me, so far.

 

[Allen Gun Works]

Isn't the EGW an extrusion? Remember you get what you pay for...

I love reading comments like this. "if it doesn't break the bank it must be worthless". Do you think it may be possible that a company doesn't have to charge you $100+ for a $5 chunk of aluminum. Do you think that there is millions of dollars of R&D to pay for? Hello!! There is no rocket science to the Remington 700 action. It's been done, over and over again.

I have beat my EGW base almost as hard as Jamie has and I can say (not just because I sell them) that they are bullet proof. I switched from a TPS base (which I absolutely loved) to this base, which I had EGW machine down to TPS specs. The base, along with the TPS rings I got from ###, will outshoot me anyday.

Max Owner....Here is how confident I am in the EGW bases.......I will send you one to try for free. If you like it, give me the $49.99. If you don't, send it back. They are 25MOA bases.

 

[Jamie]

cool a dealer that stands behind his products!!!

 

[pin]

I think you are missing the point. the mat'l is a lower strength material and more likely to fail. Clearly if it hasn't failed, then who needs all these high tech materials or perhaps you are too easy on your gear. It is at least 2x weaker then the high strength aircraft grade aluminum alloys that are available. Lets compare apples to apples instead of oranges to apples.

Farrell uses 6061 one as well. If your happy with it great....it is just a base isn't it....

 

[Goose25]

They are 25MOA bases.

Any chance's of you getting 0MOA in the near future?

 

[Allen Gun Works]

There seems to be very little demand for 0 MOA. I will try to get a couple in the next order though since I have had a couple of inquiries.

 

[Allen Gun Works]

I think you are missing the point. the mat'l is a lower strength material and more likely to fail. Clearly if it hasn't failed, then who needs all these high tech materials or perhaps you are too easy on your gear. It is at least 2x weaker then the high strength aircraft grade aluminum alloys that are available. Lets compare apples to apples instead of oranges to apples.

Farrell uses 6061 one as well. If your happy with it great....it is just a base isn't it....

So do they fail? Where are your facts? I can tell you I haven't had one fail yet. If you want to over-engineer every piece of kit on a gun then go with steel intead of aluminum. I honestly don't know enough about aluminum to defend the 6061 against 7075, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?

 

[Max Owner]

Max Owner....Here is how confident I am in the EGW bases.......I will send you one to try for free. If you like it, give me the $49.99. If you don't, send it back. They are 25MOA bases.


I sent a PM about a 4.5 X 18 x 56 scope. I wish to order one. I will try the base for it, aswell. I'll pay for it.

You're willing to put your product where your mouth is (so to speak) so I'll give the EGW a shot.

Is there a finish option? For a Tikka T3 Varmint. Stainless.

 

[Parker-Hale Mike]

I think you are missing the point. the mat'l is a lower strength material and more likely to fail. Clearly if it hasn't failed, then who needs all these high tech materials or perhaps you are too easy on your gear. It is at least 2x weaker then the high strength aircraft grade aluminum alloys that are available. Lets compare apples to apples instead of oranges to apples.

Farrell uses 6061 one as well. If your happy with it great....it is just a base isn't it....

You sound like #####

 

[pin]

So do they fail? Where are your facts? I can tell you I haven't had one fail yet. If you want to over-engineer every piece of kit on a gun then go with steel intead of aluminum. I honestly don't know enough about aluminum to defend the 6061 against 7075, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?

I don't know. Do we need facts? I thought we were talking about materials. You know how everyone wants the strongest possible and I think overkill is in these days. its easy enough to google the web and learn about this stuff. heck just google 6061 and see what comes up. personally i think alumimum has gotten a bad rap. Lots of fellows like steel. Like you said if it ain't broke why fix it......

 

[Allen Gun Works]

Max Owner....Here is how confident I am in the EGW bases.......I will send you one to try for free. If you like it, give me the $49.99. If you don't, send it back. They are 25MOA bases.


I sent a PM about a 4.5 X 18 x 56 scope. I wish to order one. I will try the base for it, aswell. I'll pay for it.

You're willing to put your product where your mouth is (so to speak) so I'll give the EGW a shot.

Is there a finish option? For a Tikka T3 Varmint. Stainless.

They only come in matte black anodized right now. The 4.5-18 will be available again at the end of January. They didn't anticipate the response it would get and sold out the first run in a week.

 

[Silverado]

WRT materials, while I'm not an engineer by any means, it seems to me that the weakness of aluminum is in the the cyclic life span before stress fractures isn't it?

Whether or not that plays a role in a scope mount I would think is debatable; how much deflection per cycle would there be at the base?

I should say that my only knowledge of steel vs. AL vs. Ti comes from applications of tubing and welds, not really machined/forged parts...

That being said, I bet all the materials used by any decent manufacturer are more than suitable...

 

[Mystic Precision]

If Alum is such a horrid material, we better get rid of ALL of our scopes because that is what the scope tubes are made from. Even the Nightforce and Mk4 Luppies are Alum chassis.

6000 and 7000 series alum are used extensively in aircraft and race car parts. Both light and strong.

I know there is a horrid trend to make everything grossly overweight so that a precision rifle can be used as a battering ram, hammer, axe or spare axle.

Doesn't seem like the right application.

In the airplane world, build something to survive a crash and the first one will be spectacular.

Lighter better.

I use good ole Weaver bases on most of my rifles. I figure these are on millions of rifles and have been in use for decades. Some of these are even used on dangerous game cartridges with some real recoil.

Have never heard of a failure except when the action went Pooff. But that is a different story.

I have also used Farrel MOA bases with very positive results.

For rings, Burris sig rings w/inserts do all the work I want. The new ones have superb and strong hardware in very well made steel rings. Here I feel steel offers better load bearing capabilites and don't mind the weight.

YMMV

Jerry
PS CyberK, pm coming for a MOA rail.