I am rebarreling a Ruger #1. Not going to use the quarter rib. Could any of you give me ideas on how to fit scope blocks to the barrel?

I have been thinking about boring a steel block undersize and splitting it. Then use my mill (very small mill) them to bring to a closer fit. Then to spot them in on the barrel. Should I solder or screw in place?

How can I machine these blocks to accept rings? Or should I plan on attaching bases to blocks?

Thanks,

Wally

If you are not going to use the quarter rib, then perhaps the least painfull way to make scope bases would be to A) decide on a 1 piece or 2 piece configuration and pick the material you will use, B) decide where they will go and contour the bottoms to fit, C) Figure where your screws will be and drill the block/s for the screws, D) drill and tap the barrel for the base/s, and screw it/them down.

At this point you should have 1 or 2 oversized blocks of steel contoured and screwed to the barrel. From here you can level the bore and square the action and whittle these into either the popular and simple Picatinny (Weaver) style, or you can machine these blocks into something resembling Rugers. If your real handy, you can machine these to take the standard Leupold/Burris/Redfield rings including the 10X32 windage screws or you can machine these to accept one of the various QD rings on the market.

The number one priority would be to get the blocks squarely mounted to the barrel. Once this is done, turning them into something with which to attach a scope is easy. Just make sure you start off with enough material in height and width to begin with.

Good luck,

Malm

Ruger sells sight-mounting blocks for the No. 1-V. Why not start with a set of those? They are already contoured on the bottom, and if you need to alter the contour a tad, a little filing works fine.

Personally, I'd both screw & epoxy them in place, once I was sure they were the correct heights.

AC

[ 06-29-2003, 08:48: Message edited by: Alberta Canuck ]

Thank you all for the reply.

Wally