Best Tikka Setup (Bases,mounts,rings, optic, etc.) under $500

[Texas270]

Hello, friends.

I am buying a Tikka, this time with a threaded barrel, in my beloved .270 Winchester and I need some recommendations for the best budget setup I can get!

I don’t have much money for this right now, so please bear with me… But I am getting ready for the season!

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There you go about $450 total for both, feel free to send me the extra $50 for the leg work.

 

[swavescatter]

Save a little $ and weight and go for the Sportsmatch rings.

Sportsmatch T06C 2-Pc 1 Inch Medium Double Screw Scope Mounts

 

[Rich M]

I'm not big on the rails and weaver style rings. Prefer one piece or two piece base/ring combination.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/2420112283?pid=495529
This is a decent hunting scope for $250 but it isn't a dialer.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/3011368369?pid=111134
$75.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1019633534?pid=732668
$85

https://www.eurooptic.com/trijicon-...ter-holds-30mm-satin-black-riflescope-2700002
$465 for Huron - this will dial

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/3011368369?pid=111134
$75
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1019633534?pid=881755
$85

I have a Viper (2-7x36) in Leupold mounts and a Huron (3-9x40) in DMZ mount. Both hold zero - Viper for 10+ years and diff people using it, Huron was new last year.

You didn't say if you wanted to hunt to 600 yards or not. I went with what I'd get/kinda already have, with a 400 yard max. Good luck.

 

[Macintosh]

Depends what you need out of it—you did not provide enough info to give a good scope recommendation. Expected range, dialing or not, etc.

You could do a lot worse than a set of sportsmatch rings and a trijicon huron.

 

[Chris in TN]

Without dialing - a set of sportsmatch rings and a Trijicon 3-9 or 3-12 huron or ascent - will get you close to the $500 mark, maybe under if you wait to find used stuff.

If you want to dial, add another couple hundred to your budget. Or go with a fixed SWFA 10x if this is for an open country rifle.

 

[grfox92]

I'm not big on the rails and weaver style rings. Prefer one piece or two piece base/ring combination.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/2420112283?pid=495529
This is a decent hunting scope for $250 but it isn't a dialer.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/3011368369?pid=111134
$75.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1019633534?pid=732668
$85

https://www.eurooptic.com/trijicon-...ter-holds-30mm-satin-black-riflescope-2700002
$465 for Huron - this will dial

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/3011368369?pid=111134
$75
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1019633534?pid=881755
$85

I have a Viper (2-7x36) in Leupold mounts and a Huron (3-9x40) in DMZ mount. Both hold zero - Viper for 10+ years and diff people using it, Huron was new last year.

You didn't say if you wanted to hunt to 600 yards or not. I went with what I'd get/kinda already have, with a 400 yard max. Good luck.

You dial with that Huron?

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[Rich M]

You dial with that Huron?

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Me - no - not shooting that far.

I've read on here it can be dialed. The caps come off and the turrets are supposed to be repeatble.

 

[Texas270]

Without dialing - a set of sportsmatch rings and a Trijicon 3-9 or 3-12 huron or ascent - will get you close to the $500 mark, maybe under if you wait to find used stuff.

If you want to dial, add another couple hundred to your budget. Or go with a fixed SWFA 10x if this is for an open country rifle.

It’s gonna be a set and forget.

Also, Huron or the Ascent?

 

[HairyScandinavian]

It’s gonna be a set and forget.

Also, Huron or the Ascent?

I'd lean towards the Ascent for the regular reticle hashes over the BDC guestimate of the Huron. I believe the Ascent are 2 MOA hashes? The Huron BDC is great if it liens up, but if it doesn't you have to memorize random yardages.

 

[kpk]

I'd dig through the couches and under the truck seats to find a little extra laying around and order the SWFA 3-9 today while it's in stock and on sale.

 

[Macintosh]

It’s gonna be a set and forget.

Also, Huron or the Ascent?

If you’ll never dial as you indicate here then get capped turrets. If you’ll dial then I would not choose a trijicon with capped turrets, as while mine have dialed accurately they are designed to be capped and they spin very easily. Imo too easily, its just asking to accidentally lose zero when you have cold hands, etc.

Huron vs ascent—whichever one has the reticle and magnification you prefer. Example, for the use you are describing I’ll take a German #4 or a duplex reticle over almost any bdc reticle 12 days a week, so that limits me between those two options. Your preference may be different.

 

[MuleyFever]

I'd lean towards the Ascent for the regular reticle hashes over the BDC guestimate of the Huron. I believe the Ascent are 2 MOA hashes? The Huron BDC is great if it liens up, but if it doesn't you have to memorize random yardages.

You dont have to memorize yardage and more than you have to memorize a dope card. Just tape the values to the top of the scope.

 

[jkdrgn]

I'd dig through the couches and under the truck seats to find a little extra laying around and order the SWFA 3-9 today while it's in stock and on sale.

Yes, this. 3-9SS, with sportsmatch TO84s, is an excellent set up.

 

[jkdrgn]

Or for set and forget, if you like those Trijicons, the sportsmatch TO48s, for the 1" tube, but they're a bit higher than the 84s.

 

[BadTostada]

Not quite under 500 but this is how I set up my tikka:

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