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As no one had any experience that they could post with the Durasight line of rings and bases I "took one for the team" and ordered the bases for my Knight DISC Elite .50. I did so because I have had satisfactory results with the Weaver 45 aluminum bases that I used on my Wolverine for 10 or so years but with everybody talking about the Warne, and such steel bases being better, I wanted something better for my Elite. While pricing these other lines of steel bases I learned they are quite a bit more expensive than the Weaver aluminum line and I did not like the fact that the Warne rings I looked at did not have a rectangular shaped crossbolt to mate the Weaver style bases. Durasights are made of an alloy said to be twice as strong as aluminum and are priced at 9.99 for TWO instead of one so the price point was a factor. Much has been said about them being marketed by CVA and words like "junk" were used in another post. To my pleasure, when I received them the packaging said nothing about CVA so I believe they may be a separate entity. They appear to be well made but I do not believe they are made of steel because I took a refrigerator magnet and they showed no signs of repelling or attracting the magnet. When I placed them on my Elite they appeared to be too high in the middle so I took a strip of 220 grit sandpaper, placed it on top of the receiver and moved the bases from front to back a few minutes to improve fit. They are packaged with torx screws and an allen type wrench with torx shaped ends. I then mounted them and as of now I am pleased. I will have a better opinion when I shoot the gun and take the scope off and put it on again and shoot to see how the zero returns. I purchased some Weaver 4x4 rings (high) and mounted a Tasco WC 3-9x40 on the gun which gave me about 1/8 between the bell of the objective and the barrel. I need to go shoot and form an opinion but as far as looks and fit, the components seem to work.