It sounds like it's a low scope safety - be glad if it is, because you might not want to do some of what I'm doing. I've decided that gunsmiths must have large cajones to drill holes in other people's rifles and charge them money for the fun. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

The tap arrived, so I spent about an hour tapping the front scope mount hole, being very careful to not break another tap. About halfway through, it felt like it was going to break, so I used a pointed grinding stone in the Dremel and cut the surface hardening just a little.... no problem after that. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />



Those two holes may not look like a big deal, but that is some mighty tough steel... and drilling into the rounded surface of the receiver makes it even more of a challenge - particularly when the holes have to be spot-on in relation to each other and dead in line with the very top of the barrel. Take a look at the fit of the screws in the holes - a miss by .001" or so would have resulted in a botched job:



Gunsmiths can be cranky folks, but I think they earn their fees. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />

Frank