I had purchased a one piece BKL scope mount some time ago and decided to use it on my HW50 when I received it. Unfortunately one of the base bolts stripped out somewhere between 20-25 inch pounds. I had set my Wheeler F.A.T. wrench to 20 inch pounds and tightened the base bolts down. When I adjusted the wrench to 25 inch pounds, one of the bolts stripped out. BKL states the max torque on the base to be 30 inch pounds so they weren’t overtightened. I researched springer mounts but couldn’t find anything to get quickly so I looked at something I had used before on my PCP rifles and really liked, the UTG Pro mounts. These are made in the USA with a lifetime warranty and I could get them next day from Amazon. I’m really impressed with the build quality, these are heavy duty mounts and well machined. The rings are aluminum except for the side plate base clamp on one side which is made of steel. It’s got a couple of guide rods with a spring attached to the steel base and seems to clamp very evenly on both sides. I also like the fact that they use large torx bolts that can be tightened to 45 inch pounds. These have a stop pin in the dovetail mounts, the Picatinny mounts have bars at the bottom to lock them in the rail. They make these to fit one inch and 30mm scope tubes, so make sure you order the correct size if you buy some. After I degreased the rings and and dovetail, I proceeded to mount everything up. I checked the ring alignment after I had them torqued to 45 inch pounds. It’s hard to see the very fine points on my alignment tool in the pics below, but they were dead on perfect. I lapped the rings to ensure good scope tube contact and to keep the scope from moving.I do this on almost all my rings because it also prevents ring marks on your scope. I never had one of my scopes to have ring marks after lapping the rings properly. I got my scope mounted and leveled up with the top ring caps tightened to 15 inch pounds. I have put about 500 pellets through the rifle without any movement. I realize the HW50 isn’t a hard recoiling springer, but I can’t imagine these not working well on a heavier recoiling rifle given the construction. The only negative I can think of is they are extremely heavy which I don’t mind. I know that some like to have the lightest rifle possible and this might not be a good choice for those folks. Let me know what you guys think, I am by no means an expert on springers but I have mounted at least 100 scopes over the years and know good rings when I see them.
