The dovetail arrangement for scope mounting needs a bit of thought before it is dismissed as inferior. During the machining operation of the action a jig is used with an automated drilling process to put 4 holes in the action. Are these holes in direct alignment with the bore, are the chamfered holes in the mounts centered or are they a bit sloppy from tooling wear?
The dove tails are cut in one operation and are parallel to each other, even if they are slightly off square with the bore it is the same amount off square, scope adjustment will make up for this. scope rings have best chance for perfect alignment with this system. Less variables the better and the 4 screws introduce variables. Never had a problem with the dove tail arrangement on sakos or cz's
The problem I have with them is the lack of flexibility in moving the position of the bases/rings. Someone should market some sort of self-centering adjustable dovetail base. You could then take advantage the entire length of the dovetail.
