Scope ring lapping kit

It's called the reason they were on sale so cheap and a surprise to me when I got them in the mail with my ammo, I was like WTF but would have cost more to send them back than I paid for two rolls.
 
SND said:
Its good to have a little tube of Prussian/Hi-spot blue($5 at most industrial suppliers). Makes it easy to tell where things make contact and where they don't before deciding on a course of action or doing anything that didn't need done.
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"White lead" is another good one. Used it mostly for setting up differentials and gear sets.
Probably harder to find than P blue though.
 
MrSharp said:
It's called the reason they were on sale so cheap and a surprise to me when I got them in the mail with my ammo, I was like WTF but would have cost more to send them back than I paid for two rolls.
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Oh boy... keep em. You can tack them up for your buddies so they're gravely disappointed in their groups.....!!! Purposely punching a .17 hole about two inches to the left of a friends "one ragged hole" group with his .338 is fun too....tee-hee. If he can't see the size difference, that's his issue...!!! Fun times.
 
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. Lots of good tips and things to try.

The reason I want to lap the rings is to match them to my rifle specifically where they and the scope will be mounted permanently.

Every rifle receiver and every other piece of machined anything has tolerances and will vary slightly especially when manufactured in different factories and on different equipment.

I have a 700 receiver with EGW rail and rings, that's 3 machined pieces and 3 different places for something to become misaligned.

I've installed them, they do match up very precisely and realistically I don't think I need to lap the rings but if I can make it a bit better still why not? Lapping isn't expensive or difficult and I can do it myself. Plus I love working on my own guns.

Hardest part is finding a straight 30mm tube. I also need to bed the stock and then I'm done.

And no I am not creator of StrelokPro.

Thanks
 
Gunneegoogoo said:
Anyone else cringe at the thought of Devcon touching there 2-3-4-5-6 thousand dollar optic?? Releasing agent or not, in my world, no f-Ing way.

GGG
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I don't epoxy bed my rings. I do subscribe to high quality components to achieve the best results. However, bedding rings is considered the way to go by some pretty highly respected shooters. Tony Boyer 12 time world benchrest champion, advocates epoxy bedding scopes in his book on rifle accuracy.
 
StrelokRussia said:
Every rifle receiver and every other piece of machined anything has tolerances and will vary slightly especially when manufactured in different factories and on different equipment.

I have a 700 receiver with EGW rail and rings, that's 3 machined pieces and 3 different places for something to become misaligned.


Thanks
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LOL...the most important point the advocators and purveyors of high end "precision" made rails and rings are missing. Unless all 3 (4 if you count the scope) are made to the same tight tolerances and hand fitted together... Bedding of rails and rings has its place for some applications IMO. I had a 700 action that I could not fit a quality one piece rail to without introducing a significant bend into the rail and resulting stress on the action. One of the 2 was out of spec, or both, or both at the outside edges of spec or ? Stacking minute differences can give errors if multiple parts are fitting together.
 
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