Re: Tutorial on aligning/bedding 2-piece base?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DMS1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What kind of rings/bases? I have used talley lightweights on several 700s and have come up with a system to be sure they are aligned:
Get a 1" or 30mm shaft depending upon your scope diameter (I work at a machine shop, made my own),
loctite the front base down (blue loc tite)
put the 2 screws in the rear base but don't tighten
Clamp the shaft with the top rings on both front and rear but make sure it leaves the rear screw hole access able from the top (keep the shaft flush with the ring)
Loctite and tighter the rear screw, let it sit for 24 hours
Remove the rings, loctite the front screw in the rear mount
Install your scope
Depending upon what you are using, if the screw holes to the bases are accessible from the top with the rings on you can do the same thing. Since the front base on 700 is less flat, I always lock it down first. The rear is a little flatter and subject to positioning
Or you could lap them </div></div>
I haven't decided what base and rings to use yet. I want a 20 or maybe even a 30 moa base but other than that, I'm open to suggestions.
For some reason I'm not following your suggestions very well. I really like the idea of machining a bar. On the rest of it I'm not sure though. If you loctite the front base down then it's there for good so you're trying to align the rear base to the front base. If you loctite the rear screw of the rear base down at that point, that would put a strain on the front ring/base if the rear of the action happens to be lower than the front of the action.
Am I looking at this wrong? Thanks.