Otter6;
Good evening to you sir, hopefully this finds you well.

On the three 788's that I've worked on my standard procedure was to glue both the front and rear Weaver base down with 5 minute epoxy.

I degrease the action and bases with white gas typically - if you're so inclined one can take a small metal cut off wheel with a Dremel and cross hatch the bottom of the aluminum base for good measure too.

When I glue them down I don't really want to glue the 6-48 retaining screws in, just glue the base onto the action, so I'll clean out the screw holes with a cotton swab before installing them.

On my good wife's little carbine they've not moved in more than two decades and as far as I've heard the other two are still holding as well.
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Hopefully that made sense and was helpful sir. Good luck whichever way you decide.

Dwayne

Last edited by BC30cal; 04/30/16.
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