Leupold Windage Adjustable Scope Bases

[JRock95]

I have a Winchester Model 70 with slightly misaligned scope base screws in the receiver. Outside of having a gunsmith fix this, most people seem to recommend an adjustable windage base such as the Leupold bases like this one. I'm curious though, fixing the misalignment with a base like this likely puts a lot of torque/stress on the scope tube, no? I understand how the front ring can be angled to align with the barrel, but the rear adjustment can only shift left/right perpendicular to the receiver. Wouldn't that mean the front and rear rings would not be perpendicular to eachother? ( I would think they can only be aligned if the rear ring had an adjustment angle of a slight arc, rather than just left right on a straight line).