Welding Rod
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I am mounting a scope on my new X bolt rifle. One-piece ring/mounts are Talley, the OEM manufacturer for Browning.
When I install the two front most screws in the through-holes drilled in the receiver, they bottom out against the barrel's threads before the mounts are pulled up tight against the receiver.
Without the mount installed the screws will achieve 2 3/4 threads of engagement when they bottom out against the barrel. It can't be a case of holes not being drilled deep enough as they go all the way through the receiver, but then are blocked off by the barrel when it is screwed in.
When attempting to attach the mount, after the screws bottom it appears the screws would need to turn about 1/2 - 1 turn more to pull the mount tight to the receiver.
The other 6 screws all tighten up fine and have much more thread engagement.
My thought is that since thread engagement is minimal in this design, that they err'd on the side of making the screw a hair long rather than a hair short and therefore increasing the risk of pulling threads out.
My thought is that I should probably just remove a tiny bit from the end of the two screws and call it good, but I would like to hear from other guys who have mounted scopes on X-Bolts first to make sure my issue here isn't unique or that I am overlooking something.
When I install the two front most screws in the through-holes drilled in the receiver, they bottom out against the barrel's threads before the mounts are pulled up tight against the receiver.
Without the mount installed the screws will achieve 2 3/4 threads of engagement when they bottom out against the barrel. It can't be a case of holes not being drilled deep enough as they go all the way through the receiver, but then are blocked off by the barrel when it is screwed in.
When attempting to attach the mount, after the screws bottom it appears the screws would need to turn about 1/2 - 1 turn more to pull the mount tight to the receiver.
The other 6 screws all tighten up fine and have much more thread engagement.
My thought is that since thread engagement is minimal in this design, that they err'd on the side of making the screw a hair long rather than a hair short and therefore increasing the risk of pulling threads out.
My thought is that I should probably just remove a tiny bit from the end of the two screws and call it good, but I would like to hear from other guys who have mounted scopes on X-Bolts first to make sure my issue here isn't unique or that I am overlooking something.
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