My "Precision" Rifle

[C Ward]

You don't want to apply any torque to the base screws when you bed because then the tolerance stacking you are trying to correct for will be in the finished product once it sets up . On all rifles where the front and rear scope base mounting surfaces are on a different plane no 2 rifles are alike . Remington is especially bad about this because they finish the rear reliever bridge on a belt sander . This is why 2 piece bases have no place on a precision rifle .

Bedding the base also serves to give closer to if not 100% contact between the receiver and the base which makes things less likely to shift around and the mounting screws to shoot loose .

Lapping the rings can correct for very small problems with the scope mounting plane not being straight . In my book if you buy quality rings and bases and mount everything right its a waste of time . Also any of the aluminum rings , there are some very good aluminum rings on the market , you can not lap because it destroys the anodizing and ruins the rings . On all scope rings the dimension of the bore is what sets the clamping force on the scope tube , change that dimension and the clamping force isn't right and the scope moves .

Every one of my rifles without a built in scope rail has the scope base bedded to the receiver .