Mounting Scope Bases
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:56 pm
For those of you thinking of adding a scope to a firearm that wasn't made for one and don't want to change the original configuration of a classic, I highly recommend Loctite Black Max 380. I recently restored a 1952 vintage Model 512 that wasn't grooved as some later model ones were.
I got in a hurry and mispositioned the base on the first attempt. I am here to tell you that that stuff has an unbelievable hold. It took a heat gun on the highest setting to get it to give up and even then required some force to do it. Just make sure you scuff the bottom of the mount...not the receiver and heat the surface before install. And obviously, try to get it in the correct position the first time.
I got in a hurry and mispositioned the base on the first attempt. I am here to tell you that that stuff has an unbelievable hold. It took a heat gun on the highest setting to get it to give up and even then required some force to do it. Just make sure you scuff the bottom of the mount...not the receiver and heat the surface before install. And obviously, try to get it in the correct position the first time.