r/canadaguns • u/Canadian-Footy-Fan • May 31 '26
Buy recommendations Tikka T3x scope mounting advice
I bought a Tikka T3x Superlite in 223 and when I got it home I realized that my scope hardware doesn’t really work (used to use my scopes on air rifles and the dovetails were more narrow). Thus I need to get a good setup for mounting a scope on this rifle. Complicating things is that I am very left eye dominant (right eye is garbage) but I shoot right so I need a mount setup that will elevate my scope to accommodate that (I know I should just learn to shoot left but I am not going to do that).
The rails milled into the Tikka are 17mm but it seems like most mounts use a 20mm rail so I am thinking I should get a (cheap) picatinny rail and bolt it on as step 1. Then I either need
- a pair of tall/solid rings, or
- a riser that elevates the whole thing, and then rings or a one piece mount, or
- A tall one piece mount with built in rings.
As if that weren’t complicated enough, I have a UTG bug buster scope that I’d like to try on it - but it is short so the rings in a “normal” one piece mount tend to be spaced too far apart to fit. Thus I am wondering about an adjustable length mount.
Or should I scrap all of those ideas and just find a set of tall/raised rings that fit well on the native 17mm dovetail? And if so, any suggestions?
Oh, and I’d like to do all of this as affordably as possible…
I would welcome any advice.
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u/FearlessDevil666 May 31 '26
Check out the DNZ Game Reaper. It’s a one piece scope mount that uses the four tapped screw holes in the top of the tikka. I have two Tikka T3 with the medium height for a Leupold VX-3 4.5-14x50mm. Also sold on Amazon Love it!