Bonding on scope mount

v35

Anyone have experience in adhesive bonding on a bridge mount?
What epoxy or Locktite would you use?
Caliber is .243.
The action has too many holes and doesn't need any more.

charliemeyer007

I'd fill the holes with screws made from rod (shank needs to bottom out at the top of the hole) painted with iodine, then cut off and peened. After they are all filled and filed flush I'd use a bushing jig to drill proper hole spacing.


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asphalt cowboy

I wouldn't trust an adhesive with that task.
Use a steel base and have a competent smith solder it/them on.

The solder you mentioned isn't one I'm familiar with. What I use for parts attachment or repair is Brownells High Force 44.

You also have one other option, depending upon what your rifle is chambered for. I wouldn't trust it if recoil force equals that of a 270 or greater.
A gunsmith base blank could be fitted and then drilled and counter bored to match the existing screw holes.
You need to keep recoil force in mind with this option though.

llama

quote:Originally posted by tommyjoe
Drill the mount to match existing holes in rec.
Tom


This.


Gluing on a mount works... for a 22.

Ambrose

If your receiver has that many holes, it's likely some of them will match up with a mount. If not, as has been said, drill matching holes in the mount. I've done it with an odd drilled 1903-A3. I ground a point on the short arm of an allen wrench, set the mount in place, reached up through the hole in the receiver with the wrench, and marked where the new hole in the mount needed to be.

v35

None match up as holes were drilled in line with offset witness marks about 5 degrees. Correct holes will overlap incorrect holes.
Mount holes would have to be filled. New holes would have to be drilled radially to look right; a bigger job.
Soldering if strong enough sounds more practical.
What's a strong low temp solder today. I've some old Eutectic I used for a Hawk missile power switch project.

Emmett Dunham

The Germans silver soldiered open rear sights in the receiver ring area of the M1 carbines we loaned them after the WWII. I like the sound of putting threaded rod in the old holes, working the surface flat and re-drilling the new holes.

Emmett