Scope bases

[jimbob]

Do you guys bed your bases?
And if you do ,do you put release agent on both the receiver and base of just the receiver?

Jim

[donw28]

I generally bed one piece bases. Only put the release agent on the receiver. If you put it on both you will have a receiver, base and nice piece of very thin epoxy when you are done ;-) Seriously-you want the epoxy to stay welded to the base. Some even bed the base permanently with no release agent on either. I've done that once but you are committed once you take that step as it is really permanent. Be careful to get the release agent on the screws and don't over-tighten it. I generally ease off on the screws slightly about every 15 minutes or so for the first 2-3 hours to make sure there are no oops. Not really an issue though if you get the release agent in the threads good and down in the screw holes of the receiver. Oh--other thing is some only bed one end of the base and not both. Tighten down the rear screws and see how much gap you have at the front. Then remove them and try the same with the front screws. Bed the end that has the largest gap and leave the other as is. Just another technique. Good luck.

Regards,

Don

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bed ONLY the receiver and bed the whole base on a one piece, on a two piece simply lap the rings and you are good to go..

I only snug slightly the two inside screws and leave the outside ones slightly loose..

[Richard]

If you ever were to epoxy both together with no release, they can easily be separated with a little heat. Your benz-O-Matic or a good heat gun will break the bond. Many short range bench rest shooter used to and still do, epoxy their actions into the stock and use no screws what so ever. The way they remove them if necessary, is with heat.
But yes, you got he right information.......the epoxy sticks to the base not the action.
Richard

[jimbob]

Thanks guys for the information.I got my stock this week
I wasn't expecting it until August.so now if I can get it all put together and shoot it some I might try to come to Kentucky

[linebaugh]

I always bed, always lap and typically mill a biscuit in the receiver and corresponding in the base before bedding. Never use release agent and I have never found the epoxy to hold so well it wont come off in one fashion or the other. If the gun has been shot much they typically fall off if no biscuit cuts are made. Do use release agent on the screws however.
I have never understood why you would not bed and lap. Usually it is about a 20 minute job for both combined. Pretty cheap insurance is the way I play the game.

If for whatever reason your bases shift by a couple/few thousandths on firing or bumping of the scope extrapolate that out over 100 to 1000 yards. I'm not mathmatically inclined enough to work the answer out tonight but I believe you might be surprised at the degree of error .002 might give at distance.
Simple redneck math tells me this. .002 over the length of 6" (base to base measurement will be less) multiplied by 600 (300 ft. X2 for the 6" length to make 100 yrds) ends up being 1.2" at 100 yards.