I have a nice Winchester 100 with a D&T'd picatinny scope base and irons. I want to remove my base and just run irons with it for a while for brush hunting but I want the threads protected and have the base an option I can return too. What's the preferred method of keeping them safe? Can I melt a tiny bit of beeswax into them to stop them from possibly getting dinged up or is that dumb? Should I just grease the threads lightly and not even worry about it?
Removing scope base and protecting D&T'd threads?
- Thread starter TravisJM
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Go past any gun store that mounts scopes and ask them for filler plugs. They take them out of every new rifle they put a scope on and will likely just give them to you. Shooters are packrats, someone will have some they never got around to throwing away.,
Some are steel, some are brass. The brass ones will never rust in place, so if you have choice I’d go that way.
Some are steel, some are brass. The brass ones will never rust in place, so if you have choice I’d go that way.
