Re: Rifle scope flexing
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jakerz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's interesting for sure. Makes me think a 2 piece mount may be a better setup!
Jake </div></div>
The action flexes quite a bit too, it's difficult to see in this video. A 2 piece base allows the rings to pass load through the scope as the action flexes much more readily than a 1 piece base would.
The 1 piece base will carry quite a bit of axial load (which is the necessary stabilizer for a bending tube that has a relief cut from it aka a rifle action).
The value that Surgeon's integral rail is 2 fold.
1) Obvious, it's perfectly aligned to the action so there's minimal runout involved in the rail/action interface.
2) It stiffens the action and carries load, helping to provide an alternate (and more than likely a stiffer) load path for the flexing that the action undergoes during the recoil process.