Posted: 10/19/2015 6:48:48 PM EDT
I just posted the thread about getting a stripped screw out of a scope base..well, I got it off. As I suspected, there's some pitting underneath. I applied a light coat of Slip 2000 and cleaned it up best I could with a brush, so should I go ahead on with the installation of the new bases? I don't think it's enough to affect anything as far as mounting the scope, and I don't plan to see this part of the receiver again for a good while, I just don't want it to get any worse. Good to go or is there some other precaution I oughta take? |
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700 BDL. It's my main deer rifle. I tend to beat the shit out of it. ETA I'm not the original owner, and much of the rough spots on the gun were there when I got it. This pitting here, I'm guessing, has been there a long time. Only reason I even know it's there is because I finally decided to upgrade the bases and rings. |
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I usually clean the surfaces with alcohol and then put a bit of silicon caulk in between them before setting the base. Keeps any moisture from moving into the space between the surfaces via capillary action. After it dries one can trim off the excess with an exacto-knife.
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Quoted: I'd consider cleaning up a little more and hitting it with cold bluing...just to make sure the metal is treated with something, |
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Quoted: I can always do this for long term after this season, but I'm planning to go zero the rifle later this week, so is there any reason it wouldn't be good til January if I just mounted it up as is? Quoted: Quoted: I'd consider cleaning up a little more and hitting it with cold bluing...just to make sure the metal is treated with something, |
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Quoted: Why go zero it if you are going to have to tear it down again in a few months? Get some silicon caulk and do it right the first time. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'd consider cleaning up a little more and hitting it with cold bluing...just to make sure the metal is treated with something, |
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Well..you're the first person I've ever heard recommend putting caulk under scope bases..lol. Not saying it doesn't work, but is that really "doing it right"? Quoted:
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I'd consider cleaning up a little more and hitting it with cold bluing...just to make sure the metal is treated with something, He might not be far off if it works for him. I put a layer of clear fingernail polish on the rifle where the mounts are going to go. IT helps seal the receiver and bases. Silicon just might work for him. |
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Quoted: He might not be far off if it works for him. I put a layer of clear fingernail polish on the rifle where the mounts are going to go. IT helps seal the receiver and bases. Silicon just might work for him.  I hate fucking pitting. |
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May do that. Do you have a recommendation for a good bluing product? I've heard good things on here about Oxpho-blue from Brownells..I'm guessing spot bluing is a pretty simple task? Quoted:
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Clean up w/steel wool and cold blue. Dont forget to oil it. This has worked the best for me. Wish I could find more localy http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=birchwood+super+blue&id=36F590FD94312786ECA7AC5AC1DFC00B9D7DC524&FORM=IQFRBA |
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Quoted: He might not be far off if it works for him. I put a layer of clear fingernail polish on the rifle where the mounts are going to go. IT helps seal the receiver and bases. Silicon just might work for him. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'd consider cleaning up a little more and hitting it with cold bluing...just to make sure the metal is treated with something, He might not be far off if it works for him. I put a layer of clear fingernail polish on the rifle where the mounts are going to go. IT helps seal the receiver and bases. Silicon just might work for him. A really thin coat of silicon caulk is what I bed my scope bases with because it's impervious to moisture, evenly fills the gap when the mount screws are torqued down, adheres to both surfaces and stops moisture from wicking into the joint between the surfaces. It's durable and also easy to remove should the need ever arise. The trick is stopping the corrosion and then precluding moisture from re-contacting the surface. If I already had rust pitting, I'd sand it off with steel wool then cold blue the surfaces and degrease - before I went the silicon prophylaxis route to seal the joint closed. YMMV |
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He might not be far off if it works for him. I put a layer of clear fingernail polish on the rifle where the mounts are going to go. IT helps seal the receiver and bases. Silicon just might work for him. Quoted:
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I'd consider cleaning up a little more and hitting it with cold bluing...just to make sure the metal is treated with something, He might not be far off if it works for him. I put a layer of clear fingernail polish on the rifle where the mounts are going to go. IT helps seal the receiver and bases. Silicon just might work for him. Doing it right is generally considered to be epoxy as in bedding. Clean it up first, cold blue, mount the rings to the scope, test fit to see if the both mounts touch the receiver equally, if not snug down the one that touches, epoxy or silicon(as in bedding, mask off, etc) the mount that gaps. When hardened remove the scope from the rings, lap the rings for final alignment. Silicon being squeezable could allow you to but your scope in misaligned rings and torque it crooked |