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Originally posted by JJP:
Well what a surprise.
The worst alignment I have seen yet!!!!!!!!!
I can see why they sell reamers for this job and why so many darn scope tubes are marked up. What a disappointment.
I generally use Tikka and Sako rifles and I guess I don't get out enough. What other brand of rifles require lots of lapping?
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| | | Posts: 2362 | Location: KENAI, ALASKA | Registered: 10 November 2001 | 
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| I suspect more scope rings are ruined by over lapping than anything else...Lap only enough to remove burrs on the edges and then stop...I never lap rings. I use a piece of emory paper on the burrs if they exist. |
| | | Posts: 42384 | Location: Twin Falls, Idaho | Registered: 04 June 2000 |
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| I know Ruger supplies the rings.
When purchasing rings I buy the Burris rings with the inserts to save the lapping |
| | | Posts: 907 | Location: NW OH | Registered: 19 January 2003 |
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| Ray,
Apparently you have never run into a set of rings and base combination that needed it! Some of these combos really do require lapping. Instead of lapping, I like to glass the scope to the rings. It gives a much better fit. |
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| Glassing would have been an option and I may still bed them as the fit is pretty poor. Haven't seen a set of rings where the lapping is over done. |
| | | Posts: 450 | Location: AB, Canada | Registered: 23 December 2002 |
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| I have reamed and then lapped all my #1 mounts. The .458 started with about 10% contact on the scope tube, it now has about 95%. I use a small punch to index mark the top and bottom halves so that they don't get mixed up.
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| | | Posts: 238 | Location: Colorado | Registered: 05 June 2001 |
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