Scope rings made for specific rifles

[Elkman17]

I don’t like the look of a rail on my bolt action rifles. Securing a scope ring to a rifle with screws through the ring into the rifle itself also seems more secure to me then doing that with a rail, then attaching the rings to said rail (more moving parts more failure points). Almost all of my bolt rifles have leupold rings because I can buy them for each specific gun, but those back country rings seem to be discontinued and are getting harder to find. The only other style like that, that I know about, are talley’s and I have heard terrible things about that brand.
What are some others you know about that I could look into? Thanks!

 

[cmahoney]

Featherweight Scope Rings - Hawkins Precision

Hawkins Precision Featherweight Scope Rings are a lightweight, direct attach scope ring for your ultralight hunting rifle. Available in 30mm and 1" diameters.

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[Elkman17]

Featherweight Scope Rings - Hawkins Precision

Hawkins Precision Featherweight Scope Rings are a lightweight, direct attach scope ring for your ultralight hunting rifle. Available in 30mm and 1" diameters.

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Thanks!

 

[journeyman713]

The only other style like that, that I know about, are talley’s and I have heard terrible things about that brand.

You've heard terrible things about Talley?
One of my X-bolts has them, it eliminates the rail as you described, works well and appears of high quality.

 

[Fred@Exterra]

I really like the one-piece mount from Exterra Precision, but I’m a little biased

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[Elkman17]

You've heard terrible things about Talley?
One of my X-bolts has them, it eliminates the rail as you described, works well and appears of high quality.

I have no actual experience with them so I can’t say for certain, but I have heard a few stories from other guys of them breaking or losing zero. The losing zero could be a scope thing as well, just things I’ve heard that have made me wasn’t to steer clear.

 

[MT762]

I have no actual experience with them so I can’t say for certain, but I have heard a few stories from other guys of them breaking or losing zero. The losing zero could be a scope thing as well, just things I’ve heard that have made me wasn’t to steer clear.

Talleys definitely break. Lots of folks loved them (they are light and look great) until we all started having problems with them. For me that took maybe 4-5 years of heavy use and putting them on all my rifles and then the problems started. Never had a problem during a hunting trip, stuff actually happened at home, noticing cracks, etc.

The Hawkins equivalent are nice, but the ones I have don't seem to self-center very well (when you're mounting the base to the rifle) unless you have 8x40 screw holes in your receiver. They give you 6x48 and 8x40 screws but the holes through the scope base are sized for the larger screws.

Maybe they have changed that...I got them when they first came out.

 

[Elkman17]

Talleys definitely break. Lots of folks loved them (they are light and look great) until we all started having problems with them. For me that took maybe 4-5 years of heavy use and putting them on all my rifles and then the problems started. Never had a problem during a hunting trip, stuff actually happened at home, noticing cracks, etc.

The Hawkins equivalent are nice, but the ones I have don't seem to self-center very well (when you're mounting the base to the rifle) unless you have 8x40 screw holes in your receiver. They give you 6x48 and 8x40 screws but the holes through the scope base are sized for the larger screws.

Maybe they have changed that...I got them when they first came out.

Appreciate that info on the Hawkins, I’ve been looking at them the last couple of days. I didn’t know about them until someone mentioned them on this thread.