first time lapping rings

[xFREDRICKx]

So i have never lapped rings before but since i spent some money on a schmidt and bender klassik on a new hunting sauer rifle i would like to lap my talley rings. Now, as i watch youtube their are various ways people lap rings. All relatively the same concept but has to do with how long you lap and do you keep tightening the screws down. Anyone have any solid video they trust on it or some pointers?

 

[cornchuck]

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[Deleted member 115360]

I'll be interested in hearing other opinions, but I'd never lap a quality set of rings. I think the whole concept is ridiculous if you bought quality rings. I've never lapped a set in my life and I have a safe full of half minute rifles.

 

[david g ranes]

So i have never lapped rings before but since i spent some money on a schmidt and bender klassik on a new hunting sauer rifle i would like to lap my talley rings. Now, as i watch youtube their are various ways people lap rings. All relatively the same concept but has to do with how long you lap and do you keep tightening the screws down. Anyone have any solid video they trust on it or some pointers?

I believe gunwerks had a good video on it a few years ago on any Talley or even blued steel rings just start lapping for a little bit and clean your ring you will see a color change start to happen the anodize will wear off keep at it slowly till you have at least 70 percent of your rings shiny metal and quit or you may go to far and your rings won't hold scope tight enough on a hard recoiling rifle. David

 

[DJ Fergus]

I'll be interested in hearing other opinions, but I'd never lap a quality set of rings. I think the whole concept is ridiculous if you bought quality rings. I've never lapped a set in my life and I have a safe full of half minute rifles.

I've never saw the need for lapping rings and I've had some cheap rings. If I find myself needing to lap rings..... I will probably toss those rings and find something that doesn't need lapping.

 

[xFREDRICKx]

I believe gunwerks had a good video on it a few years ago on any Talley or even blued steel rings just start lapping for a little bit and clean your ring you will see a color change start to happen the anodize will wear off keep at it slowly till you have at least 70 percent of your rings shiny metal and quit or you may go to far and your rings won't hold scope tight enough on a hard recoiling rifle. David

Saw the video, so he only did the bottom of the rings. I was seeing where they do the whole ring

 

[L.Sherm]

Forget about the lapping and bed.

 

[Liddy]

I used to lap all of my rings, I will NEVER LAP AGAIN. I had a bad experience with overlapping a set of quality rings, the overlapping of the rings caused me tremendous amount of trouble on a custom 300 PRC rifle. I could not get that rifle to hold 2 MOA let alone 1/2 MOA due to the slightest scope slippage that I did not even notice until I took the scope off. After much thought and several hours of searching the internet I decided to "bed" my overlapped rings with JB Weld, (yes JB Weld). I will always do the JB Weld bed job on every rifle here forward.
I will try to find the link and pass it on, until then here is a picture post bed job.

Liddy

 

[Liddy]

Well I am not certain I have attached the YouTube video link correctly, try it and see.

Liddy

 

[SEGARE]

Forget about the lapping and bed.

I do a very like laughing just to make sure there AR no sharp edges standing proud, and then I bed.

 

[73driver]

Talley count as quality rings and should not require lapping. I think I lapped one or two sets of rings and felt it was not worth it. I bought a inch/pound driver to ensure proper torque on my rings and feel that was one of the best moves possible.

 

[misterc01]

I have rifles wiht rings I have lapped and some I have not. I lapped my most expensive scope, and when I did, the rings showed a definitive color change as the surface was flattened/trued. Obviously to me there was a difference in the rings interior surface. That allowed my to "check the box" on one more item on the route to shooting accurately. How did it affect my accuracy? Who knows? I am just happy with how my scope integrated into my sysyem and the overall accuracy I get from it. On my other rifles which ar emore for fun shooting, I am also happy with the accuracy I get from them. Bottom Line - It can't hurt, sounds logical and I will continue lapping those I want to get the most performance out of.

 

[Deleted member 115360]

It absolutely can hurt.

If you mount your scope and your gun shoots, don't worry about it. If you have accuracy issues and you try the first 30 things that are logical, then maybe it's worth a try. I'd switch rings way before I'd mess with lapping them if I believed they were the problem..

 

[bls8433]

I have lapped all my hunting rigs which are not the quality of custom rifles but I thought that lapping rings also helped if the rifle drillings were not perfect? This would be independant of the ring quality. I have used mostly Talley ring sets.