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New Tikka Owner from Indiana
I just bought a new Tikka T3 6.5×55 on Gunbroker. It should be at my FFL within a few days. It's wood stocked and blued. I've heard that the scope ring screws are soft and shouldn't be trusted to be tightened very tight. What's the consensus of the Tikka experts here.
Thanks, Dinny
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New Tikka Owner from Indiana
updated 7 years, 11 months ago
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Hi if it was my rifle I'd get a rail from mountain tactical and rings/unimount from third eye tactical / tier-one
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Would these bases work? I use Burris Signature Series Zee rings.
https://tikkaperformance.com/mounting-options/bases?product_id=122548#intro
Thanks, Dinny
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Welcome Dinny!
I prefer the one piece rail Larkin mentioned, it gives you more options for mounting your optics than the two piece rail-bases. If we were talking about a Rem style open action, I would go with the one piece to reduce action flex also, but this is not much of a concern with the T3 action.Rings? SWFA (low cost) on low end and DNZ Freedom Reaper one piece (higher price, tall) in middle or any of the costly high end brands. Im not personally familiar with the zee rings.
Good luck and good shooting.
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How much of an issue is the height from adding a rail vice using the factory rings? My rings are low height.
Thanks, Dinny
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The rail will set things higher for certain. My Viper PST with it's 50mm objective easily clears the barrel with med rings and rail. My SWFA SS 10×42 fits with low rings plus rail. Unless you go with a huge objective (60+ mm od objective) high rings plus rail would rarely be needed for scope clearance at least.
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Thanks for the info and advice. I just bought a pic rail, recoil lug, bolt shroud, and action screws from the Tikka Store. I should be set!
Thanks, Dinny
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