![]() ![]() I also put a blob of steel filled epoxy between the action and base so it stays put. When I mount them for example on a Rem 700 I spend lots of time checking them with a very good straight edge in all directions. ![]() The clearance holes and counterbores are generally a very loose fit with the screws. On the other hand there is nothing at all that is precise about bolting bases to a rifle receiver. This is why dovetail ways are so common on machine tools- inherent accuracy and alignment. The reason I think a dovetail mounted scope is the better option (on a rifle with dovetails milled into the receiver) is that dovetails are inherently self aligning. Most of the common centerfire action designs predate the common use of scopes so when scopes came along the solution was to drill holes in the action and bolt some bases on. The fact that center fire rifles use bolt on bases is mostly historical. ![]() People tend to gravitate to this solution because this is how it's done on centerfire rifles. I disagree that screwed on bases with rings mounted to them is a superior solution to good fitting dovetail rings. ![]()
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