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7mm STW
How tight the rings?
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<blockquote data-quote="7magcreedmoor" data-source="post: 974775" data-attributes="member: 48559"><p>First stop: the manufacturer's website for the torque specification. (If they don't offer the info, I'd use someone else's rings for sure. The good stuff will have torque specs.) Next stop: Torque wrench calibrated in inch-pounds if you don't already have one. There are plenty to choose from that won't break the bank.</p><p>Next stop: bed the base(s). A small "X" cut into the top of the receiver and the underside of the base at the same location, and a small dab of bedding compound in between- bases will never shift on you, short of throwing the rifle down the mountainside...</p><p>Next: lap the rings unless you switch to an insert style like Burris' Zee rings (I use them, they solve several potential problems at the same time.)</p><p>Mount and level the scope in the usual fashion (I have a tool from EXD that works great), shoot and enjoy. If you have accuracy problems after all this, it won't be your mounting system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7magcreedmoor, post: 974775, member: 48559"] First stop: the manufacturer's website for the torque specification. (If they don't offer the info, I'd use someone else's rings for sure. The good stuff will have torque specs.) Next stop: Torque wrench calibrated in inch-pounds if you don't already have one. There are plenty to choose from that won't break the bank. Next stop: bed the base(s). A small "X" cut into the top of the receiver and the underside of the base at the same location, and a small dab of bedding compound in between- bases will never shift on you, short of throwing the rifle down the mountainside... Next: lap the rings unless you switch to an insert style like Burris' Zee rings (I use them, they solve several potential problems at the same time.) Mount and level the scope in the usual fashion (I have a tool from EXD that works great), shoot and enjoy. If you have accuracy problems after all this, it won't be your mounting system. [/QUOTE]
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