Quote Originally Posted by sliderspal
Yes but you are still inducing stress on the base that the process of bedding is suppose to eliminate.
Huh? The bedding is providing 100% (or very close to it) contact area with the receiver. So, IF the holes in the receiver AND in the base are lined up, they only act as the attaching components....no additional stress.

Try it....and see for yourself. We can type mutlipe entries....until you try it, a picture is worth a couple thousand words.