Reviews & Ratings for Evolution Gun Works HD Picatinny Scope Mount, Browning — 2 reviews — Page 1

I have EGW bases on a half-dozen of my rifles and have never had a single problem, until now.

Due to how the barrel mounts into the receiver on the x-bolt, the forward 2 scope base holes don't go as deep as the rest since they bottom out on the barrel threads. EGW tried to accommodate for this by not drilling the base as deep for those 2 holes, problem is they way over corrected.

When you get the base mocked up with all the screws started then start torquing down, everything is going well until you get to those front two screws. Due to the shallower mounting holes in the base, the front two screws are only holding on to about a thread - enough to tell you are started and not cross threaded but that's about it. At about 10 in/lb the screws rip that top thread out of the receiver.

I ended up having to spend time fixing what was left of the damaged threads in the receiver before I could do anything else. Then I had to go scouring the parts bin for a set of screws roughly 0.045" longer than what was supplied with the base, so I could get the front two torqed to spec along with the rest of the base.

Really disappointing that a $70 base doesn't come tapped to proper depth or with two slightly longer screws to complete the set.

Nothing much more to say than this rail is top quality. Spend the extra few bucks for this EGW and don't look back. Had an absolute perfect fit, eliminating the need to bed. It mounted easily with zero problems. Looks great on the new rifle! Doesn't hurt that the price here beat everyone, including Amazon.