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Wish me luck bedding new scope
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<blockquote data-quote="tobnpr" data-source="post: 2252511" data-attributes="member: 68758"><p>I concur. To me, it's a solution in search of a problem.</p><p>As you said, with two-piece ring mounts, bed the mounts to align them to the receiver .</p><p>I've never had an issue with a scope binding or slipping in the rings (including a .338 LM w/ Leupold MK IV steel rings).</p><p>Quality rings, on a quality one-piece rail don't need bedding IMO.</p><p></p><p>Theoretically, if you apply enough pressure to the scope tube when bedding you would squeeze ALL the epoxy out assuming the rings are precisely machined. There will be no voids. Leaving epoxy in place, simply raises the scope in the rings to sit on a thin layer of epoxy. Could the epoxy have a greater friction coefficient than the aluminum? Perhaps, but again- I don't have problems so I don't need a "solution".</p><p></p><p>Makes zero sense to me why anyone would bed the scope to the bottom rings, and not the top as well? If your rationale is that the rings are not precisely machined to obtain maximum surface area contact- wouldn't this apply to the top half of the rings as well?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tobnpr, post: 2252511, member: 68758"] I concur. To me, it's a solution in search of a problem. As you said, with two-piece ring mounts, bed the mounts to align them to the receiver . I've never had an issue with a scope binding or slipping in the rings (including a .338 LM w/ Leupold MK IV steel rings). Quality rings, on a quality one-piece rail don't need bedding IMO. Theoretically, if you apply enough pressure to the scope tube when bedding you would squeeze ALL the epoxy out assuming the rings are precisely machined. There will be no voids. Leaving epoxy in place, simply raises the scope in the rings to sit on a thin layer of epoxy. Could the epoxy have a greater friction coefficient than the aluminum? Perhaps, but again- I don't have problems so I don't need a "solution". Makes zero sense to me why anyone would bed the scope to the bottom rings, and not the top as well? If your rationale is that the rings are not precisely machined to obtain maximum surface area contact- wouldn't this apply to the top half of the rings as well? [/QUOTE]
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