Optics for 500 s&w revolver

Status
Not open for further replies.
Joined
Nov 16, 2011
Messages
3
Location
AZ
Gang...I love shooting and hunting with the 500 s&w. I have had issues with bases (shearing screws off) and damaging scopes (leupold and bushnell elite).

Anyone Else experience these types of challenges? How did you solve them?
 
When I have mounted a mount to such a gun, I used a bit of JB Weld or PC-7 Epoxy between the mount and the gun.

Both of these epoxies, as far as I know, can be heated after curing, with a simple heat gun to a couple of hundred degrees and they become like chewing gum, i.e., the base will come right off.

Of course,as with anything that has been "glued," there will be some epoxy residue to deal with!

However I would rather go that route and be sure my scope stays put than to just screw the mount and "hope it stays" -- I don't want my optics to fail me when I might have taken a shot at "the buck of a lifetime" and missed and he needs one more shot, however, the scope is now on the ground behind me (or is now a permanant fixture in my face).
 
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top