Quote Originally Posted by C Ward View Post
Won't change a thing unless the base screw holes are reworked on a mill to the centerline of the bore . Thats why they oversize the screws not because there stronger .

Bedding the base is to take up the tolerance stacking between the base and the receiver and make sure it runs flat and both rings are on the same plane and not bending the scope tube .
I thought that's what lapping the rings did?

I'm also curious if the receiver and base were checked for trueness? Perhaps the base is wonky and just torquing it to the receiver makes it straight?