Bedding scope rings

[potatoe]

I received Tony Boyer's book for Christmas, and came across the bedding scope rings. I was wondering if anyone here does that, if so what was the result and what did you use? I've searched a good bit on the subject and it seems people do it similar to the way Tony does except for trying to make the scope turrets optical center by using a boresighter and shims.

 

[Ing. Michael W. Mayerl]

I received Tony Boyer's book for Christmas, and came across the bedding scope rings. I was wondering if anyone here does that, if so what was the result and what did you use? I've searched a good bit on the subject and it seems people do it similar to the way Tony does except for trying to make the scope turrets optical center by using a boresighter and shims.

On small calibers up to 3006 i first wax the scope tube. On large calibers - heavy scopes - light guns its better to glue it.
Than I put 2K epoxy on the inner side of the rings - mount the scope and thighten the ring screws only a little bit and adjust the scope position.
Then I remove the running epoxy with Q Tips, toilete paper and last with alcohol and after the epoxy is hard (48 hours) i thighten the screws.
!!! Never put glue on the ring screws. Best coat them with grease.

With epoxy you get a 100% perfekt fit betwen rings and scope. The same should be done with "every" scope base and base screw - but without wax. And if it`s necessary to disassemble the scope base you only have to heat it up to about 200-250°C and the glue loose it`s power.

You can fix "very small" allignment mistakes too with this method.

To mount the scope adjusted to the optical center can improve accuracy but I don`t use a boresighter - I first fire one round and check the point of impact.
Shims under the bases are usefull - rings with support are fine too. Thats a little dissadvantage with most Picatinny rings - they don`t have a support.

 

[dennisinaz]

I bed the bases, but rarely the rings. I use marine tex or Devcon and clean both surfaces with solvent. I put grease on the screws and carefully bed the bases. After screws are out, you can usually tap them off with a brass hammer or use a heat gun to soften the epoxy. I am forever moving scopes around and I think the bedding would not be a great fit from scope to scope. If it is a one-time thing, I can see some benefit from bedding-especially if you have a less than perfect action.