The scope showed up this morning from TOZ. Clearidge Ultra XP 4.5-14AO and it fits in the supplied rings, nice and low.
I decided to go with the lammy stock as IMO it looks and feels more solid than the placcy version, even though I'm a fan of good placcy stocks.
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Under the caps the Clearidge has target style turrets for those needing such a feature (not me).
Apparently these Clearidge scopes come from the Light Optical Works factory in Japan, where a number of other decent scopes are sourced from, including the likes of the Bushnell Elite 4200 range. And they have a transferable lifetime warranty. Been happy with the 3-9X32 Ultra RM on my .22 so decided to go the big mildot brother for this rifle.
This one's a 1 in 12" twist for average / lightish pills which is what I intend to use for foxes and what-not.
Cannot fault the fit and finish of the rifle, and I did look at a few others - Remmy, TC, Howa namely but to me the Tikka felt slicker and the finish just seemed better. Yes - there are placcy bits, all of which are replaceable with metal should one want to do so. A billet 10 shot mag might be on the list.
