The new scews in Ruger rings are the absolute worse move ever made in the scope industry, the are soft as butter to start with, you ruin a torx no. 10 using them, after you get them set on the rifle, try to remove them after a couple of months, ruin more #10 L drivers or screw drivers. I think I am going to Drill mine out to 6-48 and tap them..or buy different rings..

If you ease up on them then they won't hold on big bore rifles..Im guessing Ruger will attempt to deny the cluster advising it was destroying scopes, but that's BS, I don't know anyone that's ruined a quality scope with a Torx or otherwise shades of the old allen screw, another cluster..

BTW someone should make decent screw drivers, I mean we can put a man on the moon, why not tough screw drivers, especially torx. the Torx screw is great, the best yet, so give us the tools to use them..

Nobody noticed?? whats that tell you??

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
Nobody noticed?? whats that tell you??

Maybe that your the only guy having problems ?

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BTW someone should make decent screw drivers

I did, got tired of the crap that was available. Tool steel hardened and tempered twice. Ground to air tight fit in the screw on my surface grinder. Left a few without handles so I could use them in a drill press.

Dave

Everyone is only buying the Ruger Americans where you don't use Ruger Rings on them

Soon the Hawkeye will be discontinued I'm sure. The sales are that much higher on the cheaper rifles.

I think the Hawkeye will survive in one form or another..If the African was to be deleted, Id just dump all my Rugers and go back to the pre 64 Win. and 98 Mausers..Ruger has continued to improve over the years, I doubt that even the evil bean counters and their cheap to build rifles can argue their case for that, at least I hope not.