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Originally posted by PC:
Folks my Montana 1999 PH action has dovetails which will fit two front cz 550 rings and I notice mine is also drilled and tapped for scope bases. Which bases are meant to fit ? Rem 700 or m70 ?

It will take any flat picatinny style base, two-piece or one-piece of sufficient length, custom drilled to fit your holes.
The base attachment area of action is not rounded like the M70 or M700.

Also it dit not come with screws to fill in the holes If I don't use bases, was it meant too ?

Mine was not drilled. If yours was, it will probably be a standard filler screw, 8x40 instead of 6x48, I hope.

One person suggests rounding off the bridges and filling screw holes (as it will be a big bore with irons no scope needed on a .585)stating it will be more tasteful. What are people's opinion on this ?

Put some filler screws in the holes and don't worry about it.
What is wrong with a nice, flat sighting plane to look at your iron sights over?
You may want to scope it some day, a red dot Burris Sure Fire on the front receiver would be interesting on a .585 for the elderly.
That will take only one little Weaver-style flat base for attachment, one piece of the two-piece set.

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Originally posted by xausa:
Considering the fact that the milled slots for the CZ rings don't extend all the way forward, you should have no problem with the scope moving. The rings will be stabilized by the bases. I don't understand the need for a MONSTER scope. All a large scope does is increse the stress on the rings.