Rifle Scopes Weaver Rail & Rings

[captmike03]

I am looking at the Weaver Tactical Extended Multi-Slot Base and the Weaver 6 Hole Picatinny Rings to use on my 700 AAC/SD in 308. Is this system any good? Suggestions close to the same price or a little higher?

Thanks

 

[fdkay]

Re: Weaver Rail & Rings

The rail is good. It will probably need to be bedded. Not a big deal.

I have two sets of the 6 hole rings. They do the job, they aren't great.

 

[redneckbmxer24]

Re: Weaver Rail & Rings

The weaver rails are great. Quality wise they are as good as anything else on the market and unlike the rest of the lower priced stuff (and some higher priced) it has a built in recoil lug which you really need when mounting a heavy scope with little 6-48 screws. It will need to be bedded but so will any rail going on a R700, but it's not the rails fault and the process is super easy.

I'm not a fan of the rings though. I don't like the crossbolt design where they basically fall apart when you unbolt them from the rifle. They also strip very easily. I like to torque my crossbolts to 55-70in lbs and I stripped two sets before getting 45 in lbs. 40 seems to be all the weak metal will hold.

For a few bucks more you can get leupold PRW's but I would spend the cash to step up to seekins, badger, Nightforce, or leupold mk4's.

 

[Beef82]

Re: Weaver Rail & Rings

Rail's good.
Rings are ok, not great, oversized for my taste, and I also hated how they fall to pieces when removed, but they did the job and left no marks. Last I checked they made the tactical rings in both pic and weaver spec, you want the picatinny ones, larger crossbolt and higher torque spec.
I eventually replaced my Weaver rings with TPS steel, which I vastly prefer for no scientific reason.

 

[captmike03]

Re: Weaver Rail & Rings

I have decided on a Badger rail and Seekins rings....however, how do the Seekins bases compare to the Badger? There is $50 price difference between the two.