...if this doesn't work, it's time for the Last Rites and a quiet burial. At LEAST the darn NCStar "Scout" mount!!!!
Well. I finally found out why I couldn't get the right set screws after making like 12 trips to the hardware store to replace the stripped ones in the mount...they're METRIC and no I couldn't replace the two main ones that adjust the elevation, they had the DIAMETER and thread size, but not the length.
So the FIRST thing I'm going to do is replace them with corresponding metric cap screws...I'm going to countersink them part way into the rail top. And then I can use a BIG allen wrench and not a teeny one to tighten THEM down. (I've already checked the scope, if I spread the rings out a little I can catch a groove in front and back of the rear cap screw and have the scope in the same position.)
THEN I finally found just the right guage sheet metal bracket, stiff enough but still workable without a mill, I'm going to file or grind it to make it fit just right, then use the front through bolt I already installed in the sight base to secure the front, and drill and tap an 8-32 hole in the BACK of the base on each side, and attach the back to the base with cap or machine screws, I have both, I haven't made up my mind. They didn't have 8-32 screws small enough, so I have to shorten either of these to use them...I CAN'T drill all the way through the base, or I'll touch the barrel...
THEN I'm going to drill through the rib under the MOUNT, and run another machine screw through both brackets, and the mount, and tighten her down.
IF I feel creative with the drill press, I MAY make the holes in the bracket into slots, to give me SOME elevation in the mount...but then again, I may not, I could always do that later if needed...
Wish me luck...I'm going to "scrub" now...
Well. I finally found out why I couldn't get the right set screws after making like 12 trips to the hardware store to replace the stripped ones in the mount...they're METRIC and no I couldn't replace the two main ones that adjust the elevation, they had the DIAMETER and thread size, but not the length.
So the FIRST thing I'm going to do is replace them with corresponding metric cap screws...I'm going to countersink them part way into the rail top. And then I can use a BIG allen wrench and not a teeny one to tighten THEM down. (I've already checked the scope, if I spread the rings out a little I can catch a groove in front and back of the rear cap screw and have the scope in the same position.)
THEN I finally found just the right guage sheet metal bracket, stiff enough but still workable without a mill, I'm going to file or grind it to make it fit just right, then use the front through bolt I already installed in the sight base to secure the front, and drill and tap an 8-32 hole in the BACK of the base on each side, and attach the back to the base with cap or machine screws, I have both, I haven't made up my mind. They didn't have 8-32 screws small enough, so I have to shorten either of these to use them...I CAN'T drill all the way through the base, or I'll touch the barrel...
THEN I'm going to drill through the rib under the MOUNT, and run another machine screw through both brackets, and the mount, and tighten her down.
IF I feel creative with the drill press, I MAY make the holes in the bracket into slots, to give me SOME elevation in the mount...but then again, I may not, I could always do that later if needed...
Wish me luck...I'm going to "scrub" now...