bigfellascott wrote:Chronos wrote:Pics please.
What makes you think what you're seeing isn't the effect of correcting poorly machined rings? $90 isn't exactly expensive for rings, in fact that's about the bottom of the barrel quality wise.
clamp rings loosely of the lapping rod, clamp rings on rifle, remove top caps, apply a small amount of a fine lapping compound to rod and test to see where it's taking material off. When 70-80% of the surface is cleaned up you're done.
Chronos
I don't buy expensive mounts, just leupies, or DNZ as a rule, can't be bothered spending a fortune just to hold a bit of aluminium and glass on a rifle, none have ever failed not even my cheap arse ones on the 22 Brno that have been there for ever in a day and never ever given any issues ever, never had to touch them or touch the Tasco sitting in em, getting onto nearly 30+yrs old now and still getting the job done.
I wouldn't call Leupold or DNZ cheap rings, That's about all i use but both are near double the price of the Lynx stuff. I've also used Sports Match a bit and never had much of an issue. I did lap the ones on my Anschutz action and found a small diagonal alignment issue which was removed in about 10 mins of lapping that took barely more than a thickness of paint off...which then left a white oxide mark on the scope tube anyway
Ironically some of the more expensive rings are near flawless to mount. Sako Optilocks use self aligning delrin inserts to protect the tube and make lapping a thing of the past, lucky given the alignment issues that happen due to the poor maching on the dovetail of some Sako's
YoungBuck wrote:Chronos wrote:$90 isn't exactly expensive for rings, in fact that's about the bottom of the barrel quality wise.
$90 is definitely mid quality price range in my experience... around the $30 mark is your bottom end and should be avoided.
Disagree mate, there's a reason not many shops sell the Lynx stuff and it's not just because the guy that runs the place is impossible to deal with
The fact that two rings sold as a pair had such a large variation in height should serve as a lesson IMHO
Glad you got it sorted anyway Wm, the right tools can id some pretty disappointing
manufacturing flaws
Chronos