Bedding Scope Base

Recently bedded my scope base to my action and thought I'd share. First I bed only the rear of the scope base, others may bed the whole thing but this works for me. Reason I bed only the rear is because if you take your one piece scope base lay it on a flat surface (table) then hold the front down and tap on the rear it should have a solid no tapping feel. Then mount the front to the action and repeat most likely you will hear a tapping noise indicating a gap between rear base and action.

I believe when you tighten the base down onto the action without bedding the base to action you create a bow in your base causing unwanted torque in your scope, which in turn could cause a failed scope. If you bed the whole base without torquing the screws to equal amounts again causing a bow in the base.

First I scored the rear of the base to get the best connection to the epoxy. I want the epoxy to stay in the base not the action.



Then I taped the rear of the action and filled scope holes with foam, and then sealed the holes with melted wax. I then sprayed the action with one shot case lube couple times to get a good cost for release agent.



Then I applied JB Weld to base.



Then I attached the base to the action again only mounting the front. When I did this I made sure the base was slid forward as far as it would go before completely tightening the screws down. This helps in any unwanted recoil movement. After I attached the base and had everything mounted I cleaned up excess epoxy that came out the sides of the base.



I may wait till Friday to break it Free because I want to make sure it has enough time to cure. Then I clean up any rough edges.

Again this is how I do it and it works for me. Just thought I'd share.