Aluminum or steel one piece base for 308 recoil.

[RHux]

Will an EGW HD 7075 aluminum base be stable enough or should i get their steel one? Should I bed it , or JB weld it ?

 

[jonbearman]

You can use either or.I have at least 3 .308's with aluminum 1 piece rails. Just make sure you bed it to the reciever and Tighten the scope enough so It doesnt slip in the rings.

 

[jbpmidas]

I use aluminum because it is cheaper and I have never bedded one. I always blue Loctite the base screws and torque them to the manufacturer's reccomended specs. I also torque the ring base screws and ring screws, but do not Loctite them. I have had no trouble on my .308.

 

[Ing. Michael W. Mayerl]

Will an EGW HD 7075 aluminum base be stable enough or should i get their steel one? Should I bed it , or JB weld it ?

Aluminium will work. EGW`s are made from good material.
I glue all bases with 2K Epoxy - also the screws - for best fitting and 100% recoil resistance.

If it`s ever necessary to disassemble a glued rail / screws, only heat it up to about 200° C. Than you can open the screws and put of the rail very easy.

I also glue all scopes. At smaller calibers I first wax the maintube - at larger calibers (>300 WinMag) I glued the maitube together with the rings.

Excellent are also metal powder epoxys because they get very hard. But they are not so easy to use like normal 2K Epoxy.

 

[Leaddog]

Torque to 18# and don't worry about it. You'll be fine. You don't need loctite or epoxy. Aluminum rails are fine for a .308.

 

[dtucker]

I have done the exact same here as he but have never put loctite on my screws and have never had a problem through the years with any of my rifles.

I use aluminum because it is cheaper and I have never bedded one. I always blue Loctite the base screws and torque them to the manufacturer's reccomended specs. I also torque the ring base screws and ring screws, but do not Loctite them. I have had no trouble on my .308.

 

[Ing. Michael W. Mayerl]

You don't need loctite or epoxy.

Good epoxy gives a strength of about 2600 pounds per square inch when the surfaces are cleaned with aceton and hardened unter normal temperature.
That gives a very good feeling