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Friction tape or special adhesive on scope rings
makindu
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Background: Recently insalled aluminum ironsighter see thru sights on an older Savage 99. I must have rifle sights as a backup option on this gun. Will be mounting a Nikon 4x40 fixed scope. Granted, 300 Sav doesn't recoil terribly, but I don't want the scope moving around. I know that when I use the high quality steel Leupold rings, there are finely machined scope gripping ridges within the inside of the rings themselves. With these lower grade aluminum rings (I really didn't have many options on the Savage 99) I was wondering if I should use friction tape inside the rings? or wondered if there was some special adhesive or glue-like material to help anchor the scope solidly to the rings? Also, I tend to overtighten stuff (gorilla arms on small frame - My local Sears store won't even sell me Craftsman screwdrivers anymore because I'm always twisting the heads off (and demanding that they honor their 'lifetime guarantee') and tend to 'strip' screws, hence, I'm especially leary of these aluminum mounts, but I think they'll do the job. Any thoughts?
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What the heck is "lapping the rings" and how do you do it?
Brownell's among others sells a lapping bar for lapping scope rings, which comes with two handles and lapping compound. You use the bar and compound to "polish" the inner surfaces of the rings until you have removed about 75% of the finish (use magic marker on SS rings). Or, you can use Burris Signature rings which have plastic inserts to hold the scope and prevent torquing. You can also get over and under sized inserts to make some windage and elevation adjustments before you even touh the adjustment knobs. Your choice.
And a smart fox should know, the only dumb question is the one you did not ask.
Sorry, but you have to be a pretty ham-* smith to need tape, glue or locktite to mount bases, rings, or scopes.