Apollo wrote:TassieTiger wrote:You get what you pay for is not always an accurate statement - and I’m trying to understand how that statement applies to rings...what additional benefits do you get from $200 rings vs $12 rings ? Cheaper ring set I received today have weaver bases, threaded Allen heads, they look perfectly circular, are appear machined accurately with large base bolts...
Wow, Weaver Bases which can or not be anywhere between here and the gate post as far as precision.
Talk Picatinny and find out what is precision and what is rubbish. And no, a true Picattiny mount will not fit a Weaver Rail or is that the other way around which I forget but Weaver is just just and that's it, not Mil Spec.
You DO GET what you pay for in very high quality Rings...
I think you have a lot to learn my friend
when you delve into true precision firearms, not cheap toys. It's a very big learning curve and when you progress that way with help from many others I'd say that in years down the track you will appreciate the result. Big learning curve until there I'd say.
I think that OP has asked a
perfectly reasonable question which is not answered simply by saying "Talk Picatinny and find out what is precision and what is rubbish".
The Picatinny spec (MIL-STD-1913) is a standard that was adopted "for the mounting of accessories". Certainly there are dimensional specifications, but does that make them better than anything that is non mil-spec?
I have what might reasonably be called a true precision firearm. Does it have, or need, anything Picatinny/Mil-spec fitted to it to shoot truly tiny groups. Nope. It does wear a Nightforce mounted in Kelbly's rings though, neither of which meets your Picatinny/precision requirements.
For the benefit of us all Apollo, please expand your statement and tell us
Exactly what it is we get by indulging in some Picatinny stuff.
Mil-spec - so what? Are you going to tell us that Kelbly's rings are NFG on a bench gun? Or that Leupold rings aren't up to it on a TRG. You'd be right - they are NOT Picatinny spec! But they sure as hell are not sh!t.
Sometimes I get the feeling that the more somebody is prepared to pay for an item, there is an assumption that it must be better, purely because of the cost. Reminds me of second-hand traders - if it doesn't sell, put the price up until it does.
The ball's in your court Apollo - enlighten us.