JB weld would probably work. Vintage gun and optic guessing your not go to wail on the gun or bounce it around in an ATV scabbord.

 

Ime dont use '5 min' epoxies, you want a longer set time.
Iirc Ive heard good reports on using Black Max?, even to epoxy a rail on a 12ga slug gun though Ive never done it.

 

Black max 380 is what I have used to mount sights and shotgun ribs, they don't come off unless you want them to.

 

Thanks for replies.
I see black max is about 250 degree melt temp. Low enough for removal i believe without damage to barrel finish.
JB weld I see is almost double the temp at around 500 degrees.
Until I scope it, I'm not sure of the rifles true potential.
But so far I'm impressed with tang and front globe. And I'm particular because of decades of 52 winchester and 54 anschutz and a modern Trident custom that I compete with them all at various clubs.
But hesitate on drilling n tapping because of excellent overall vintage condition. But I feel a vintage small tube long brass optic will only make me appreciate it more

 

 

After looking at the picture you posted I have a new opinion.
Keep any sort of optics or rings away from that classic beauty.
Any kind of glue you would use to attach rings is going to leave the finish altered if for any reason the ring/scope doesn't work out.
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Fwiw, Ive used the now vintage Weaver B-4 and 6 and Mossberg M4 3/4" internal adj steel tube scopes on several vintage rifles, the proportions are good, the prices decent and if you center the 'hairs before jigging up and bore sight to ensure you are close you will have enough adjustment to -0- in after 'glue up' of the rail.
Good external adj mounts and scopes are mighty pricey. Ime the mounts that come with the new repro scopes are not good at all (maybe they have got better now, idk).

 

Yes I've read terrible complaints on the Hi Lux /Malcom repro scopes.
I'm used to Lyman and Unertl so I understand.
I have several of those but so large proportion compared to this slim little stevens.
I think? I gotta find something similar as you mentioned or the B5 Winchester .
I'm searching lol

 

As noted a few posts above, Loctite Black Max is what you want.

 

Just don’t buy a big bottle. Get only as much as you need for the job. Once the bottle is open, the clock starts ticking. If you open a bottle up, use a bit, close it up, then put it on the shelf, you will come back in several months to a bottle filled with semi-solid unusable gunk IME.

 

If you use a traditional ext adj scope the mounts will make it sit pretty high. Btdt
With, say, a B-6 in low tip-off rings on a 3/8" rail (a tidy set up) it will be much better placed for the stock design and line of sight through the scope. Also Btdt
BUT
Id use that classic beauty the way it is

 

Rifle is too nice for me to offer any suggestions. It will shoot as well with those sights as it will with a scope.

 

Agreed.
But a lot of the competition i attend don't have peep sight "agreeable" targets.
Peeps are rough with a white 10 ring and only a thin line black oiter circle at 50 and 100 yards lol

 

I have used AcraGlas to mount scopes on three of my vintage 22's with good results. For best results center the cross hairs, mount the scope and rings to the base then set the base into the epoxy. Have the rifle set up for bore sighting beforehand. Now look down the bore and center the scope by moving the bases.
Or, get windage adjustable rings to center the scope at the range.
Your calibrated eyeball may not be sufficiently accurate to just eyeball alignment.

And yes, I agonized over weeks to mount the scope or not. Old eyes finally convinced me that it's my gun, I am not going to sell it and after I can no longer shoot, someone else can deal with this old man's passion for enjoying the shooting.