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Scope lapping with modern quality parts?
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<blockquote data-quote="Buck Fever" data-source="post: 1947541" data-attributes="member: 113501"><p>If the integrated rail is part of the receiver, I hope it is straight enough to not need ring lapping with well matched rings.</p><p></p><p>If the rail bolts on, you probably need to bed the rail unless it is a high quality matched set like the rails on my ARC Nucleus and ARC Archimedes actions.</p><p></p><p>I like actions with solid tops, when an action is more of a tube it is less likely to bend than an action like a typical hunting style Remington 700. Even putting a full length rail across a cut away action does not ensure that the rings won't be rotated relative to the bore axis. If it's a cheap rail you add, there is no guarantee that it even starts flat so careful bedding of the rail to the action with rings installed and a lapping bar clamped in to align them is the only way to make sure the rings line up without lapping.</p><p></p><p>As for the rings, some are better than others. The types that are specifically bored parallel in matching pairs seem to start around the $100 range. If they are much cheaper, don't trust that they are parallel unless you can check.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buck Fever, post: 1947541, member: 113501"] If the integrated rail is part of the receiver, I hope it is straight enough to not need ring lapping with well matched rings. If the rail bolts on, you probably need to bed the rail unless it is a high quality matched set like the rails on my ARC Nucleus and ARC Archimedes actions. I like actions with solid tops, when an action is more of a tube it is less likely to bend than an action like a typical hunting style Remington 700. Even putting a full length rail across a cut away action does not ensure that the rings won't be rotated relative to the bore axis. If it's a cheap rail you add, there is no guarantee that it even starts flat so careful bedding of the rail to the action with rings installed and a lapping bar clamped in to align them is the only way to make sure the rings line up without lapping. As for the rings, some are better than others. The types that are specifically bored parallel in matching pairs seem to start around the $100 range. If they are much cheaper, don't trust that they are parallel unless you can check. [/QUOTE]
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