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Looking for scope base/ring advice. I have a Leupold vx3i 4.5-14x40 in hand. A Howa Mini 6.5G with #2 barrel should be here this week. Pretty set on 2 piece. Trying to decide between Leupold or Tally or Warne, open to others. Extended or not? Low or medium? I see that some rear mounts overhang the bolt chamber, are there any that do not? This is a lightweight hunting rig for my 12 YO son. Pictures of yours would be greatly appreciated. PS, Ive used the search, been obsessively searching the WWW. Thanks.
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Nobody here has a scope on their mini???
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I do, but I used a 1 piece Outer Impact rail for it. Rem 700 2 piece bases are supposed to work, but I prefer the 1 piece rail for most of my scope mounts.
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I just got my Howa mini yesterday and scoped it last night. I used Warne two piece bases M902/876M and Weaver Grand Slam 1" medium rings #49303. The rear base does overhang the bolt chamber and the front mount will overhang the barrel or the bolt opening depending which way it's oriented. I used a basic Nikon4-12 X 40. The objective end clears the #6 heavy barrel by maybe .150" and the eye piece at 1.530 OD, clears the opened bolt with plenty of room. I bought the rings and bases at Cabelas just to get a scope on my new rifle. I haven't fired it yet, but if I can get the scope to zero without too much adjustment, I'll leave this base and ring combo on. The eye relief was easy to set, there's plenty of adjustability.
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I'm using the DNZ one piece base rings, but you asked about 2 piece. It hangs over the bolt chamber a bit, but causes no issues. I might consider the Outerimpact rail with the vortex pro series rings since that it what I'm using on my silhouette and creedmoor hunting rifles though.
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Warne 1 piece scope base and Burris rings.
I just like the 1 piece scope mount.
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I use warne 2 piece and Burris signature zee rings in medium on a Burris 4.5-14 x 42 scope
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Just ordered a Warne one piece.
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I've used EGW & Warne one piece rails with 20 MOA of slope on all four of my Mini actions. Since these are detachable mag fed actions, I'm not seeing a downside to using a one piece rail, since you can't recharge the magazine from the top. It's still easy enough to single load a round with the scope rail bridging the ejection port though. I've been using single piece rails on all my M700 & custom action long range rifles for years, am comfortable with the concept, and so just kept on using them on the Mini actions.
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I've used the lightweight Talley's on all mine. They are lightweight and you can mount them as low as possible with the height options available. I think they are ideal.
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FWIW, I recently poached a Howa Mini 6.5 w/ stock off of GUN Broker for less than just the barreled action from Brownells.
Much to my surprise, it came with a set of Talley rings already installed.
What a nice touch. Not crazy about how tall the are, though. Ive got a couple sets of Weaver style bases and rings that Id planned on using.
I may swap them out to get a lower scope mounting.
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Burris steel two piece bases and weaver detach top mount lows for mine. No overhang. And nothing is lower.
