Scope mounting question

[FALFA]

Went to mount the scope on a new B14 in a MDT chassis and the level is different at every place on the pic rail. I place a level on 3 different places on the mounted pic rail and it is different in every location and the base of the rings are pretty different as well.

The level is showing a twist in the pic rail. I have a hard time believing those little bolts at 20 in/lbs could twist the rail that much. Emailed Talley and their response was this isn’t uncommon.

Using a starrett level that I checked with my stabila level.

Is this the gun? Bad rail manufacturing?

 

[Tigerrver]

I have also seen this on split rails. I used the "average" level of the rail. Are you going to use a bubble level on your rifle when shooting? As long as you level your scope to your rifle bubble level, you should be good.

 

[bnewt3]

20inlbs seems so small but it is definitely capable of causing distortion, especially when there is a mismatch between mounting surfaces or the holes in the receiver are not drilled & tapped perfectly inline & perpendicular to the bore of the action.

And this is a perfect example of why i dont buy into the "never lap rings" belief. Too many different standards of accuracy from the multiple different companies that supply parts to expect them to always line up.