Recent content by Cameron Murphy

They can, but it isn't necessary, or recommended. Our rings profiles are cut all at once in pairs on a Wire EDM machine, so the mounting surfaces are almost perfectly parallel. If you are getting uneven contact, odds are your base isn't quite straight, and lapping will only ruin the rings...

It probably isn't so much the rail, as the tolerances on the rear bridge of the Remington 700's Unfortunately they don't take as much care as they should when they finish / polish them. I've seen height differences of +- .015" from nominal, and worse, up to .012" of slope front to back across...

TnTom, You've got it exactly right. From your descripton, it looks like your scope has a total range of adjustment of 50 MOA (1 Minute of Angle is almost exactly 1 inch at 100 yds.) This gives you 25 up, and 25 down. Theoretically you could use up to a 25 MOA base and still be able to...