Scope bases for 700

[jkonquer]

Just bought a remington 700 sps tact 20" and i was wondering if you guys can shed some lights on few questions i have.

With 20" bull barrel, would you even need 20 MOA scope bases? And how much of magnification is required and necessary for this barrel?

Who makes the cadillac of scope bases and rings? And who should i avoid?

And lastly, what is a must have for this type of rifle?

Thank you very much

[emy]

bullet

[Siberian23]

Most of your questions will be answered by more questions:

1. What caliber (I'm assuming .308)?
2. How far do you want to shoot?
3. What type of shooting do you want to do?
4. What's your budget?

A must have: Match ammo? Sling? Bipod? Scope/mounts? Cleaning supplies? A healthy pocket book?

[vintagearms]

Just bought a remington 700 sps tact 20" and i was wondering if you guys can shed some lights on few questions i have.

Who makes the cadillac of scope bases and rings? And who should i avoid?

EGW, Seekins, Badger, TPS all make good rings. Aluminum base with aluminum rings or steel base with steel rings. Best not to mix and match.

How far you plan on shooting will determine angle of scope base but a lot of people will use the 20MOA base just in case.

Must haves? Quality bipod like the Harris or Atlas, good rear bag like the Triad Tactical, and an open mind.

[Garand1911]

im running leupold mark 4 rings, and nightforce mount, the ones listed above are excellent as well.
be prepared to pay for good rings and mounts.
for a carry gun id get aluminum rings/mounts (save weight), a bench gun id go steel.
get the two piece mount, and lap the rings.
get the 20moa mount, get more use out of the scope. better to have and not need it ...

spend at least $800 on a good scope, with japanese glass or better, i would go minimum 4-16X42, preferably 6-20X50 range.

[J-cat]

The degree of cant of the base depends on your optic and the max range you want to shoot. With a 20" barrel, chances are you won't be shooting to its potential so a 0 cant base will be fine. Max magnification again depends on your max range, but some people like the ability to see their bullet holes far out there. I'd go with something in the 4-16x range, though. The high power scopes are long. Too long for your gun. Badger makes really nice rails and rings. But so do others. I have found Badger rails to be straight and fit the Remmy action the best. Others sometimes are warped and don't fit the receiver top evenly, like either the front or the rear sit above the receiver when the opposite end is torqued down which requires you to bed the rail. Stay away from TPS and IOR Valdada. They are garbage.

[jtv3062]

Which ever base you choose make sure you bed it.

My choice would be Badger.

[jtv3062]

The degree of cant of the base depends on your optic and the max range you want to shoot. With a 20" barrel, chances are you won't be shooting to its potential so a 0 cant base will be fine. Max magnification again depends on your max range, but some people like the ability to see their bullet holes far out there. I'd go with something in the 4-16x range, though. The high power scopes are long. Too long for your gun. Badger makes really nice rails and rings. But so do others. I have found Badger rails to be straight and fit the Remmy action the best. Others sometimes are warped and don't fit the receiver top evenly, like either the front or the rear sit above the receiver when the opposite end is torqued down which requires you to bed the rail. Stay away from TPS and IOR Valdada. They are garbage.

I think the base issues you describe more has to do with the rifle more than the mount. It has to do with hand finishing the rear bridge, so every rifle may differ a bit. Also Remington has changed the bridge height sometime in the past. Some bases are made to the early spec and some are for the later.

[John72]

Badger is good

[jkonquer]

Do all bases require bedding? if so which brands has the lowest tolerance?

[jtv3062]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d6RopWI0-GE. This will show you how to check your base.

[6mmintl]

Get an EGW picatinney rail 0 degree aluminum, Burris medium ht. extreme scope mounts 30 mmm and SWFA 16 x super sniper fixed (60 MOA adjustment W./E) mildot/MOA knobs and never look back.

You can be sucked into the tacticool mil dot knob/knob value arena but you will have to learn to shoot/estimate range at unknown distance an shoot their a lot, you still have to map one or more loads to the gun/scope knobs whether MOA or Mil values.

Not many people use mil dot knob setting scopes (but mil dot reticle is popular for wind drift est.) in competitive known distance shooting.

If you want dedicate to estimating distance and shoot unknown distance go mil/mil, if you want to shoot unknown distance and competitive go mil reticle and moa knob.