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first time lapping rings
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 2157143" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>I have been lapping my rings for years and have never any difficulties with them at all. My thoughts are and it has my experience that it is a lot to expect as far as alignment goes to have two of three or more pieces that are mating in as many places to be in perfect alignment. "Unless" the rings are line-bored once the base/s and rings are mounted it will be nearly impossible to get a perfect alignment of all the integral parts. We're not talking about just the rings, we are talking about the scope bases being in alignment especially with a two base system. What pressure is exerted on the scope base by the screws that hold that base in place. There are a number of extraneous variables when assembling all of these parts and then expecting perfect alignment. I have Ruger 77s, so I am pretty much limited to the Ruger rings, however have done quite a few pairs of Warne rings and found that same results. Once the lapping starts I have found that the rings are out of round and it takes a bit of work to get that roundness into the rings. In addition I have found the holes in the rings out of alignment with each other and that condition is remedied through lapping as well. And yes if one overlaps that rings they could run into a problem with clamping pressure, however that seems to be an extreme to me. I respect everyone's opinion on this process, however if nothing else I cannot find any reason not to lap the rings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 2157143, member: 69192"] I have been lapping my rings for years and have never any difficulties with them at all. My thoughts are and it has my experience that it is a lot to expect as far as alignment goes to have two of three or more pieces that are mating in as many places to be in perfect alignment. "Unless" the rings are line-bored once the base/s and rings are mounted it will be nearly impossible to get a perfect alignment of all the integral parts. We're not talking about just the rings, we are talking about the scope bases being in alignment especially with a two base system. What pressure is exerted on the scope base by the screws that hold that base in place. There are a number of extraneous variables when assembling all of these parts and then expecting perfect alignment. I have Ruger 77s, so I am pretty much limited to the Ruger rings, however have done quite a few pairs of Warne rings and found that same results. Once the lapping starts I have found that the rings are out of round and it takes a bit of work to get that roundness into the rings. In addition I have found the holes in the rings out of alignment with each other and that condition is remedied through lapping as well. And yes if one overlaps that rings they could run into a problem with clamping pressure, however that seems to be an extreme to me. I respect everyone's opinion on this process, however if nothing else I cannot find any reason not to lap the rings. [/QUOTE]
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