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<blockquote data-quote="Jon A" data-source="post: 195506" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>You will have no problems with Seekins base and rings. As mentioned, he uses 7075-T6 which is roughly twice as strong as the 6061 most alloy bases are made from. And the type III hard anodizing increases the surface hardness of the aluminum greatly.</p><p></p><p>I would recommend Seekins rings though. With their much larger recoil lug vs. a small flat side of a crossbolt they distribute the recoil load over a much larger area. When using my first homemade base from softer 6061 with Badger rings the crossbolts were imprinting on the base from recoil. Seekins rings put a stop to that. Of course I later switched to a 7075 hard anodized base but it was interesting to see how the Seekins rings just did a better job of distributing the load to the base.</p><p></p><p>I also recommend bedding the base to the action. This eliminates the strength of the screws (and that of the aluminum around the screws) as a worry as well as preventing distortion/preloading due to the base not matching the receiver perfectly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon A, post: 195506, member: 319"] You will have no problems with Seekins base and rings. As mentioned, he uses 7075-T6 which is roughly twice as strong as the 6061 most alloy bases are made from. And the type III hard anodizing increases the surface hardness of the aluminum greatly. I would recommend Seekins rings though. With their much larger recoil lug vs. a small flat side of a crossbolt they distribute the recoil load over a much larger area. When using my first homemade base from softer 6061 with Badger rings the crossbolts were imprinting on the base from recoil. Seekins rings put a stop to that. Of course I later switched to a 7075 hard anodized base but it was interesting to see how the Seekins rings just did a better job of distributing the load to the base. I also recommend bedding the base to the action. This eliminates the strength of the screws (and that of the aluminum around the screws) as a worry as well as preventing distortion/preloading due to the base not matching the receiver perfectly. [/QUOTE]
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