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Do you always lap your scope rings?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hand Skills" data-source="post: 1731477" data-attributes="member: 103303"><p>This is pretty much how I bed Talley rings on 'open' style receivers. After aligning the rings as close as mechanically possible, I torque the front down, and remove the rear.</p><p>Install set screws in the rear reciever holes (proud, to index the holes and prevent epoxy from leaking in).</p><p></p><p>Then set the rear base on the the receiver and tighten down ring clamps. I'll look at how much the rear ring base floats to estimate how much epoxy is needed, then remove front ring cap.</p><p></p><p>Remove scope (with rear ring attached). Apply release agent to receiver, epoxy to ring base.</p><p></p><p>Re-install scope (torque front ring cap). Let epoxy set.</p><p></p><p>Remove scope and rear set screws, install rear base, confirm alignment, install scope.</p><p></p><p>No ring marks. Less work than lapping.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Good for you. This topic comes up on the forum regularly. I'm beginning to think my time will be better served creating a tutorial rather than responding to ad hominem.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Lapping has its place. It also has its limits. You talk about marks, and I hear you. What if there was a way to align parts, necessitating no lapping and leaving no marks? Taking your parts experience for example, when it comes to concentricity, ask yourself this; would you lap a bearing housing? Or would you index and sleeve it? </p><p></p><p>I'm sorry to have come across as belittling, in retrospect 'fools errand' may have been a bit strong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hand Skills, post: 1731477, member: 103303"] This is pretty much how I bed Talley rings on 'open' style receivers. After aligning the rings as close as mechanically possible, I torque the front down, and remove the rear. Install set screws in the rear reciever holes (proud, to index the holes and prevent epoxy from leaking in). Then set the rear base on the the receiver and tighten down ring clamps. I'll look at how much the rear ring base floats to estimate how much epoxy is needed, then remove front ring cap. Remove scope (with rear ring attached). Apply release agent to receiver, epoxy to ring base. Re-install scope (torque front ring cap). Let epoxy set. Remove scope and rear set screws, install rear base, confirm alignment, install scope. No ring marks. Less work than lapping. Good for you. This topic comes up on the forum regularly. I'm beginning to think my time will be better served creating a tutorial rather than responding to ad hominem. Lapping has its place. It also has its limits. You talk about marks, and I hear you. What if there was a way to align parts, necessitating no lapping and leaving no marks? Taking your parts experience for example, when it comes to concentricity, ask yourself this; would you lap a bearing housing? Or would you index and sleeve it? I'm sorry to have come across as belittling, in retrospect 'fools errand' may have been a bit strong. [/QUOTE]
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