Thread: model 7 as platform for long range ?

Same, but if you have a 34mm tubed scope that you like, your options suck.

Originally Posted by GWH

Theres no need to get too sophisticated with rings for the M7. I simply run 30mm Talley rings (the standard one where the base is integral with the lower part of the ring, i run a 4-20x50 Sightron which is fairly big, I'm pretty sure my Talleys are 'lows' and the scope sits nice and low with clearance on the objective.

With my scope i can dial out to 1,000 yards no problem, no need for 20 moa rails etc. I think my scope has 80 moa of elevation travel, so it'll be zeroed somewhere close to the middle of that, that still has close to 40 moa of up adjustment. I need 22 moa for 1,000 yards.

Talleys are light and simple and run the scope lower that using a rail and rings.

Did you bother to bed the Talley's to the action? Assuming you have the receiver tapped with 4 scope mounting screw holes and not 3?

Mine came as a 3 hole, as the M600/Mohawk (precursor to M7's) were originally designed to use one piece mounts only, featuring a protruding recoil lug to further anchor the scope base, quite innovative for the time.



I know that later ones came with 4 screw holes, 2 drilled closer together on the rear bridge to allow for 2 piece mounts: