Originally Posted by nighthawk
I should take offense at that. grin

Neither have a mill nor am a gunsmith. Have modified bases with hand tools and a drill press and they came out fine. Not economical, took a lot of time and patience to make it come out right. But it can be done. One of those projects you do just to see if you can.

How do you mark the screw holes to drill a blank base?

I could handle the drilling. Lay out would be my main issue. You can't see the holes with the blank base in place.

DF