nchawkeye.. I happen to have some of them and that powder. I will give that a try.

Bronko the reason I dislike the Weaver bases I put on the rifle is.. the scope just barely fits between the space they give you for the rings. I mean there is no forward or backward, and the scope needs to come back a little.

I have also been looking at the DZ base and mount at Optics Planet.. kind of pricey but they look like a good system.