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To Lap or not to Lap
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<blockquote data-quote="Kennibear" data-source="post: 981365" data-attributes="member: 51650"><p>If you were to mount everything and then machine the scope beds in the rings the rings would line up. Just torquing the rings to the base can introduce a small amount of misalignment. It is not so much that each item and attachment is so far out but that the tolerance stack up and that is cumulative.</p><p></p><p>My experience with lapping rings is that very little is removed. I have not measured it but I use magic marker to check the progress and not very much is removed.If you keep the rings cinched down and never take the scope off it may not matter but I always lap the rings to remove any unwanted stress as I believe all stress is a potential misalignment or accuracy fail some time down the line. Just like prepping your brass consistency pays accuracy dividends.</p><p></p><p>KB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kennibear, post: 981365, member: 51650"] If you were to mount everything and then machine the scope beds in the rings the rings would line up. Just torquing the rings to the base can introduce a small amount of misalignment. It is not so much that each item and attachment is so far out but that the tolerance stack up and that is cumulative. My experience with lapping rings is that very little is removed. I have not measured it but I use magic marker to check the progress and not very much is removed.If you keep the rings cinched down and never take the scope off it may not matter but I always lap the rings to remove any unwanted stress as I believe all stress is a potential misalignment or accuracy fail some time down the line. Just like prepping your brass consistency pays accuracy dividends. KB [/QUOTE]
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