SGW Gunsmith
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Now that I actually have the ordered Savage Mark II BV .22 Long rifle caliber rifle on my bench so I can look it over real good, I thought I'd but a picatinny rail on it instead of the two-piece base set up:
The "come along bases" will most likely work fine, but I like what the longer rail has to offer much more. Tapped holes and threaded screws were sprayed with an oil displacing solvent to remove any residual oil and then a drop of #242 blue Loctite was added to the torx screws included with this rail.
I did use a set of Leupold rings to hold the Muehler scope to keep it from sliding for or aft due to the "heavy recoil" involved with .22 Long Rifle ammunition
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There must at least be SOME concern about recoil involved, otherwise why would they ( Savage ) installed a rubber recoil pad? :
After the scope base and rings were installed, I did check the rings for roundness and amount of contact with a 1-inch ring lapping bar. I expected the Leupold steel rings to be fairly round and they did not disappoint. Once everything was aligned, I inserted my Bushnell boresighter and the crosshairs are spot-on for windage to the center and the elevation wire in the scope landed a tad above the cross wire. I like to see a condition like that where the bases need no serious adjustment and then, the scope should not need much adjustment from the dials at all.
Some sharp edges along the bolt on the bottom raceway will have those edges smoothed off and the camming contact of the bolt to the receiver will be polished, so that bolt will then work about as smooth as it will ever get. Once this set up meets up with my shooting bench I'll post pictures of the groups it produces.
The "come along bases" will most likely work fine, but I like what the longer rail has to offer much more. Tapped holes and threaded screws were sprayed with an oil displacing solvent to remove any residual oil and then a drop of #242 blue Loctite was added to the torx screws included with this rail.
I did use a set of Leupold rings to hold the Muehler scope to keep it from sliding for or aft due to the "heavy recoil" involved with .22 Long Rifle ammunition
:
There must at least be SOME concern about recoil involved, otherwise why would they ( Savage ) installed a rubber recoil pad? :
After the scope base and rings were installed, I did check the rings for roundness and amount of contact with a 1-inch ring lapping bar. I expected the Leupold steel rings to be fairly round and they did not disappoint. Once everything was aligned, I inserted my Bushnell boresighter and the crosshairs are spot-on for windage to the center and the elevation wire in the scope landed a tad above the cross wire. I like to see a condition like that where the bases need no serious adjustment and then, the scope should not need much adjustment from the dials at all.
Some sharp edges along the bolt on the bottom raceway will have those edges smoothed off and the camming contact of the bolt to the receiver will be polished, so that bolt will then work about as smooth as it will ever get. Once this set up meets up with my shooting bench I'll post pictures of the groups it produces.
