Success, at least I hope so...
I picked up a pair of the Warne QD (Quick Disconnect) rings for the CZ527/Tikka. They are 16mm rings and the front one fit like a glove. I made a shim for the rear one out of brass, soldiered it to the dovetail to take up the extra space to bring it down to the 15mm I need for the rear mount.

I put the shim only on one side of the clamp since this lined things up much better when bore siting the rifle barrel. It doesn't seem to put any undue stress on the scope as the scope lays solidly in the ring lower halfs and doesn't look out of line.

Now I just have to get some nice weather to take it out and shoot it to see if it holds. I also need to drill & tap a small hole in the flat that sits on the bases to put a small button head screw that will work as a recoil shoulder in the base.

Now with the scope mounted I thow the two levers, slide it back about 1/2 inch and off it comes. All for under $100 + scope.

Thanks for the help and encouragement folks...

DonT