BoxcarPete
Stainless
- Joined
- Nov 30, 2018
- Location
- Michigan, USA
I recently got a new deer gun - a .308 drilled and tapped for a scope mount. I got a deal on a scope and now have both bits in hand, this is my first gun that I'm putting a scope on so I figured I'd wait to have both ends before dealing with the middle.
Now, I'm wondering if it's worth making scope rings specifically to mount to the tapped holes rather than getting a base and then adding rings to that. Since I'm a newbie to scoped rifles I figured it would be worth dropping a line here to find out if there's anything I'm missing since it looks pretty straightforward.
So, any hidden pitfalls I should worry about, or just match up the scope and hole pattern? On hand my top choices are 6061, 7075, and 17-4ph that I could conveniently work with.
Now, I'm wondering if it's worth making scope rings specifically to mount to the tapped holes rather than getting a base and then adding rings to that. Since I'm a newbie to scoped rifles I figured it would be worth dropping a line here to find out if there's anything I'm missing since it looks pretty straightforward.
So, any hidden pitfalls I should worry about, or just match up the scope and hole pattern? On hand my top choices are 6061, 7075, and 17-4ph that I could conveniently work with.