Redfield made a solid one piece scope base for the Mini 14 and it mounts directly on top of the action and I see they can still be bought (used only, I assume). It required drilling and tapping 3 holes in the receiver.
But it seems like the top-ejected case in these earlier Mini models would hit the bottom of the base, and/or the scope itself. And possibly worse, that the case would hit the base /scope while still being pushed by the ejector, maybe then stressing the ejector or the ejector hole in the bolt, or damaging the ejector.
Does anybody know if the cases would hit the base on these, or if they caused some other problem, or maybe they hit the base and didn't cause a problem?
But it seems like the top-ejected case in these earlier Mini models would hit the bottom of the base, and/or the scope itself. And possibly worse, that the case would hit the base /scope while still being pushed by the ejector, maybe then stressing the ejector or the ejector hole in the bolt, or damaging the ejector.
Does anybody know if the cases would hit the base on these, or if they caused some other problem, or maybe they hit the base and didn't cause a problem?