I'll bet you i have easily mounted over 100 sets of Weaver bases with there split rings, and i've NEVER had one fail or come back. They "can" be installed "improperly", but "if" they are installed right, they do not fail and are stronger than many of the high priced spread.

No, they don't look as "cool", but "cool" doesn't cut it for me when i'm hunting in the bush for weeks at a time or tracking down dangerous game. Nearly all of my scoped rifles have Weaver split rings on them and i see no reason to change them now.

If it's not broke, don't fix it!

Drilling Man

Zekeskar:

I have a .30-06 Sprg. which I had a new Leupold M8 4x33 mounted using new Weaver bases and rings. I pushed 100 rds. through the new set up, and the rings streched out over thesmall recoil of a .30-06 Sprg.Since they couldn't hold up to that minimual punishment, I have no use for them. Good luck.

when you have your rings aligned with a 1 inch dowel and you are ready to put your scope into them place a few drops of blue loctite on the bearing surfaces... this will help bed and hold the scope... the loctite will fill gaps in that tight of an environement and will fill voids that could hold moisture... you don't need much... just a few drops. if you ever want to remove the scope it is pretty easy since the blue loctite won't adhere readily or strongly to smooth flat surfaces. don't use a red or green (FOR SURE NOT GREEN) if you ever want to take it apart...

a torx is a 6 point star where-as an allen is a hexagon.. takes a torx bit to get proper drive and is a stronger design than an allen... sometimes you can get an allen in but if you are not ginger with it you;ll round it out pretty quickly...

make sure you draw each side of the top of the ring down evenly a bit at a time... and don't try to overtighten the small screws.. you'll twist the heads right off if not careful...

rings and bases are a small price compared to the gun and the optics... so buy quality pieces... generally you'll get what you pay for...

i've gone to Leupold QR bases and rings... since i seem to now have more guns than i have scopes at the moment... Leupold says that you can remove and reinstall and be within half a MOA at 100 yds in repeatability... i've found that they stay closer than that, least on the 700 i've been fiddling with all summer and fall... plus i have a few hundred rounds through this thing, fireforming and load development and they are holding strong...

I love the new Weaver "quad-lock" rings. They have a single piece that mounts to the base, but then have 2 separate bands that strap the scope down for each ring.

I got a limbsaver last night (slip on cause they didn't ahve pre-fit). I brought my gun and found out this made the scope to far from my eye, so I ended up getting weaver extension rings. They mounted pretty easy and seem good so far.

Millet

I'd recommend the Leupold Dual Dovetail rings, around $40 for everything (rings/base(s)).

Weaver are pretty good, but I think luepold are probably better. Heck, even a premium setup only costs about 50 bucks. I have used weaver and like them plenty. EJ

What are good, cheap, scope rings?

Weaver rings with Weaver bases. They may be ugly, and it sometimes tries your patience to get your crosshairs level when you tighten up the scope ring screws, but no mounting system is any more secure and tough once installed correctly. Plus they are by far the cheapest I know of.

No offense, but I ain't puttin loc tite in contact with my Zeiss scope. If you haven'ttried the Burris Signature rings, you are missing a terrific system. The teflon inserts are just great. I have a Zeiss 4-14 on my 7mag and they grip like crazy and leave no....zero ....nada marks on the scope. I know this cause after 40 rounds or so, I removed the scope and checked it. I could postso many pics of scopes with ring marks it's not funny. Try a pair....you'll like them I promise. Regards, Rick.