Hoping to pick some brains here of some people who have likely had more to do with this than myself..
So, I am currently in the process of changing all my scope mounts onto weaver/picatinny for the ability to interchange scopes, NV etc., my current job is replacing the scope bases on my Sauer 202. (two bases bolted to action for anybody unfamiliar) I notice some manuals/guides state that the bases should be 'bedded' to the action using epoxy or adhesive etc. In my mind, this seems messy, and likely to end up leaving marks on the action should these ever be removed again. I understand the idea that adding this layer of bedding should take up any imperfections in the two mating surfaces and increase stability and so on.
Anyway, I was happy enough to do this to be certain, so removed the mounts which were currently fitted to the rifle (Talley bases), these were fitted to the rifle from new, likely around 10 years ago, by the gunsmith when the rifle was purchased. No adhesive or bedding under the bases, no loctite on any of the screws, and as the screws had actually been put in the wrong places (different lengths), one of these was actually stripped and not doing very much of anything. (Luckily only the screw itself was damaged). Despite all of this, the rifle has always held a zero without any issue whatsoever, and shoots happily through the same hole at 100m. Just to add, this is on a .270.
My question being, is it really necessary to add anything more than a drop of loctite on the screws? If so, what would you use? and what sort of mess am I likely to be left with should I ever want to remove them?
Whilst I have maybe answered my own question here, maybe I have just been lucky, and if anybody has any experience with this, I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks.
So, I am currently in the process of changing all my scope mounts onto weaver/picatinny for the ability to interchange scopes, NV etc., my current job is replacing the scope bases on my Sauer 202. (two bases bolted to action for anybody unfamiliar) I notice some manuals/guides state that the bases should be 'bedded' to the action using epoxy or adhesive etc. In my mind, this seems messy, and likely to end up leaving marks on the action should these ever be removed again. I understand the idea that adding this layer of bedding should take up any imperfections in the two mating surfaces and increase stability and so on.
Anyway, I was happy enough to do this to be certain, so removed the mounts which were currently fitted to the rifle (Talley bases), these were fitted to the rifle from new, likely around 10 years ago, by the gunsmith when the rifle was purchased. No adhesive or bedding under the bases, no loctite on any of the screws, and as the screws had actually been put in the wrong places (different lengths), one of these was actually stripped and not doing very much of anything. (Luckily only the screw itself was damaged). Despite all of this, the rifle has always held a zero without any issue whatsoever, and shoots happily through the same hole at 100m. Just to add, this is on a .270.
My question being, is it really necessary to add anything more than a drop of loctite on the screws? If so, what would you use? and what sort of mess am I likely to be left with should I ever want to remove them?
Whilst I have maybe answered my own question here, maybe I have just been lucky, and if anybody has any experience with this, I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks.
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