Ruger Mini-14 Scope Mount (blue)

Unit arrive in unmarked plastic bag no directions.
The rifle needed to be disassembled to allow replacement of the factory bolt lock cover with the machined plate portion of the mount. The machined plate was too large to fit in the cast slot in the receiver. It wasn't close, lubrication and light tapping with brass hammer didn't help, nor did deburring.
30 minutes of lappling on my knife sharpening wheel got the plate resized to slide in the slot.
The barrel assembly needs to be assembled back to the stock before attaching the balance of the mounting rail to the replacement cover plate due to interference with the plastic stock of the all weather rifle with the mounting rail. Not sure if I got the rail true to the barrel, will find out when I sight in the red dot scope I installed.
The description reads "Ruger Mini-14 Scope Mount (blue)". I made the inaccurate asumption I was buying a Ruger Factory product. I followed the links to Global Sportsman, to...Read more

I had the same problem as the previous reviewer, the part simply didn't fit and I had to grind off a little of the metal in order to make it slide in. I kind of thought it was a ruger factory part too until I got it.

This scope mount is decent quality for the money but when you assemble this use the blue (removable) loc-tite. After a few shots without it will loosen and send the rounds to who knows where! Other than that it will do the job. Maybe a little loc-tite in the box and a small note would work...