Good morning gentlemen! This is my first post. I’ve been reading this forum for the past month and want to thank you all for sharing a wealth of excellent information on long range rifles/shooting! I’ve been shooting and hunting all of my life and am just now getting into long range shooting after buying a Ruger American Predator in 6.5 Creedmoor. I will cut to the chase lol. Lapping your scope rings... A must or can probably be okay without? Thanks in advance for your input!
Lapping scope rings question
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As mentioned above, some of the higher quality rings can be had for under $100, BTW if you hose up the lapping you can end up scoring a mating surface into your scope body. I say dont do it, unless you are having a competent smith doing a project rifle for you.
I use the bars to insure proper alignment before putting the scope on the rings. I torque the rings down with a bar to make sure they are aligned. Even with high quality rings I'd rather use a piece of steel to fit for the first time.
Quite often ring misalignment is caused by an action that's out of square. I would recommend, for your purpose the Burris signature zee rings. They have a polymer insert that makes it less of an issue to have small amounts of misalignment and as a side benefit, it won't leave ring marks on your scope. Don't get me wrong, on most of my rifles I have ARC, Spuhr or Seekins rings, but for your purpose the Burris SZ rings will work fine.
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