spencerhut
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We recently acquired M38 Swedish Mauser at a gun show. Someone had already drilled and tapped it for a one piece scope base, presumably. Two holes in front, one hole in back. I looked around and there is only one scope base made for a small ring Mauser that is one piece, Redfield makes it. When I went to install it the front two screws line up perfectly. The single rear screw is just over half the size of the 6-48 screw hole off from where it needs to be, a lot. Way too much to fudge/force it.
Options I'm considering:
Pack the receiver in clay and MIG weld the existing hole and re-drill & re-tap
JB Weld the old hole and try to re-drill & re-tap. Since the JB Weld will protrude into the new hole I'm going to need to drill I'm not so keen on this idea.
Other options?
Options I'm considering:
Pack the receiver in clay and MIG weld the existing hole and re-drill & re-tap
JB Weld the old hole and try to re-drill & re-tap. Since the JB Weld will protrude into the new hole I'm going to need to drill I'm not so keen on this idea.
Other options?