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Talley is all I use.

over kill for a hunting rifle (picatinny base/rings)

get a good set of Talleys, quit overthinking it. Mediums should do it on a plain deer rifle comb height

Let somebody else that knows what they are doing mount it. Your question tells me you need this help.

Its not brain surgery

but it IS fun reading all this minutia

Next week I'll be over 400 miles from home, in Pecos county, on a massive ranch, hunting cow elk. I want over-kill when it comes to my scope being securely mounted to my rifle.

I've taken my dual dovetails and Burris Sig equipped rifles to Sonora, MX and Namibia several times.....thousands of miles, surviving the baggage handling bozos, etc. I've never had to re-zero anything. It's seldom as hard as people make it out to be.

Anybody ever used a Weaver 98T one-piece base?

Take a look at the Leupold PRW rings. For the money they are robust rings. If you want QD capability, look at the QRW. I have both and they are great rings, admittedly I never take the QRWs off.


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