bedding scope rail

[dummos]

Does anyone glue thier scope bases or rail to the action to ensure extra solidity especially with heavy scopes and larger caliber rifles? If so what sort of epoxy do you use, a devcon type bedding compound or a 2 part epoxy glue.

[plumbs7]

Hi Mate , felt to comment as nobody else has ! Well , when I first started out a few years ago I did. It was my Mossin nagant . But the mounts for that are hanging half way in the air. I used epoxy. This has proven very accurate . Have shot it at Club to 800 yds.

I have a 300 RUM and no the rail isn't epoxied nor is the scope mounts . But I do use locktite 243 on all of mounting screws. No problems so far !

Hope this helps.

[williada]

I have always been a stickler for bedding an action so it is stress free. In taking up F Class, I was aware the addition of a scope can stress the action and interfere with the harmonics and the tune of the rifle. Let alone the fact that unless the scope mount screws are “Locktighted” in place the whole thing can shift and bugger up.

If your scope rail does not sit in alignment and is flush with the action it too is a source of problems. Also, the misaligned scope will have a different zero at every range making it a soul destroying setup, particularly with fishtail winds where you really don’t know where zero is.

So I diligently made sure the mounts and rail were in alignment and stress free to prevent problems. To this end I always fitted the barrel with its curvature in the vertical plane, so that on swapping barrels the zeros were always close. The other thing I did was lap the scope mounts with a long iron bar I turned on the lathe for this purpose, so the mounts were in perfect alignment and the whole setup was firmly fixed with “Locktighted” screws which can easily be removed with the heat of a yellow flame which does no damage, to loosen the “Locktight” if required.

It makes great sense to bed the scope rail if bluing reveals the contact points are uneven if you do not possess a milling machine to tidy things up. Yes “Devcon” is fine, and so is JB Weld.

Now I suggest people get hold of Tony Boyer’s book, the Book of Rifle Accuracy where he tells you how to go about bedding the scope with JB Weld. The emphasis placed by Tony is that the optical centre which is the clearest part of the scope is aligned in the bedding process to the the mid point of the ranges shot. If you really want accuracy and precision, you leave no stone unturned. David.

[DannyS]

I have used a 2 part epoxy in the past, aralidte, But now with a Stolle panda, with built in rail, no issues, haha

Cheers
Danny

[dummos]

this is on a barnard with a barnard rail so the fit is pretty good, just my sightron 10-50 is a big heavy scope adn have read about people doing it and wondered what they used.