Thread: Advice on mounting swaro z5 to tikka

My advice is put the fat end at the front! Haha. But seriously, if you are shooting very long ranges and don't have enough elevation adjustment in the scope use the pic rail, these are endless options when it comes to picatinny rings, if you don't need the extra elevation Talley rings are a very good affordable option and you can get an anticant bubble level top cap for the rear ring which is great, Tikka Optilocks are more expensive but a good solid mount and the plastic insert allows the scope to align itself in the rings with no tension of damage to the scope tube, if you go for Talley's I recommend buying their alignment tube for mounting the rings, much easier than lapping the rings. As far as ring heights go Tikka Optilock RM lows or Talley lows should have the objective bell clear of the barrel. I then check my eye alignment with the scope by closing my eye, shoulder the rifle as you would for an off hand shot then open your eye and see if you're looking thru the center of the scope ie not black blurring around the edge of your field of view and eye relief is correct. I may have missed something or someone with more knowledge than I may have better suggestions. Cheers Brett.