I wasn't trying to imply you were right or wrong just asking why you thought so and giving my thoughts about it.

Thanks for the replies everyone. A buddy told me to go with the one piece mount because he felt it was more solid. After reading what bigbulls advised about the one piece I'm thinking of going with a 2 piece instead.

TomFromTheShade, I did go the the leupold website and it listed several options for my set up. Not sure now if I should go with the STD mount or the dual dovetail. Maybe I should start a poll.

Well I give ya one thing. You made me think about it and actually count up my failures and think of all the work I do spending at least 3 hours mounting a scope by lapping and then blueing the inside, etc. Think I am going to give Talley a try.

Ok, gunshop man, I just was pricing out some talley's. Maybe have to make those special occassions. Ok, checking out the warn, which are talley copies, what do ya think? is the quality comparible? Would I still want to lap the warns? Or talleys? I do alot of trading, until I get my setup just the way I want it, so I hate ring marks.

BC......Talley...Talley...Talley.......

I wouldn't even think of comparing the Warnes to the Talleys...the workmanship on Talleys rings are as near perfect as I could imagine.

Talley rings....Savage 10ml..Conquest 3-9x40

Warnes are no Talleys but the Talleys also cost a whole lot more than the Warnes. They are similar but I wouldn't call them a "copy" either. Warnes run about $30 for a set of 1" rings but Talleys run about $70 for a set of 1" rings. The bases cost about the same.

To get absolute perfect scope mounting just about all rings will need to be lapped. Even Talleys. Not necessarily because they are bad rings but there are tollerances in the manufacturing for the rifle, bases, and rings. Some fit perfect and some need work and some need more work than others.

We offer ring lapping if a customer wants to pay for it but very few actually do. I will say that the Warnes almost never leave ring marks on a scope and nearly always line up using a scope alignment tool. I can't say that for the Leupolds.

I will also agree that Talleys are as near perfect as rings can get but to be perfectly honest I can't justify the cost of them either. IMHO Warnes are about the best rings and bases for the price. Talleys are better but not enough so to pay $70 for them.

Well, I will look the warns over. I can't justify the 70 dollar either. I have never been a weaver base fan. But maybe I can change. I believe i can get solid mounts with leupold with some serious work. I remove about 80% material when lapping, and then cold blue. And after going thru and making sure the dovetails fit extreamely tight and windage is set right, I think its a decently solid mount.

Also looking at conetrols. But rather pricey too.

I use both leupold one andtwo piece bases on my 700s and both place the scope at the same height.

I am actually amazed at the large number of people that load bolt action rifles with hinged floorplates from the top.I have been loading through the floorplate for over 25 years and have never had a feeding problem.

No you shouldn't have a feeding problem if you load from the bottom, the bullets should sit there the same from top or bottom, but there are a bunch of rifles out there that do not have hinged floop plates.

I’ll be honest Stubble, I’ve never heard or considered loading from the bottom when having a floorplate. When I had my Remington 7 mm R M, it was always from the top. I’m going to have to try it when I’m hunting with my uncles and try it with his rifle.