need a good set of rings what to get?
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Like the guys say Burris Signature or live with ring marks forever.
Burris rings with inserts, if used correctly, eliminate the need for ring lapping. Pretty nice ,Just ordered my second set 30mm,love em!
A really big plus for me has been the off-set inserts. Had a Ruger #1 re-barreled, and when it was fitted, the quarter rib must have been mounted "crooked", since I quickly ran out of windage adjustment, to the right-- no problem with the original factory rib/barrel. By using the .020 off-set inserts in the front ring, I was easily able to get my windage adjustment centered, and the rifle sighted-in. Also have an old Sako Vixen L-46 (222 Rem) with the same problem & it too was easily fixed. Bought a new Zeiss rifle scope, my most expensive, and even with conventional rings that were hand lapped, knew there would be ring marks on the scope tube. With the Signatures, scope appears to have never been mounted., keeping the re-sale value as high as possible. 
I use the signature rings also. I usually bore sight then sight in at range. Then i come home and see if my bore sight was close. If not, i usually see where my sighted in scope falls on the boresighter, pull off scope, re center reticle in scope, remount and re boresight to the spot on the boresighter were the sighted in scope fell. I boresight using the signature inserts. I like to tinker so i changed scopes and guns alot so i like the signature rings cause they dont leave ring marks.
BoydAllen
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Most ring base setups will work well if installed correctly. It is amazing to me that so many scopes are improperly mounted....sort of a yea I know, but I just want to get it mounted. attitude.
One of the biggies, that hardly gets any ink is to make sure that your base screws are not bottoming. I just finished putting Weaver bases on a 40X rimfire, and both front base screws had to be filed quite a bit shorter so that they would not bottom in their holes. This is very common.
The way that you determine that there is a problem is to note the position of the screw head just where the threads first catch, and how many turns and fraction of a turn at bottom. You check this first without the base, write the values down for each screw, and then mount the bases only lightly tightening. If any of the numbers are the same, that screw is bottoming in the hole and needs to be shortened until the count with base is a half turn less than without the base. Obviously, if a screw is bottomed in its hole, it is not clamping the base to the receiver.
The other thing (unless you are using Burris Signature rings) is lapping. The best kit is by Kokopelli. I have never seen mounted rings, no matter what the price, that were perfectly round and aligned, even on a one piece base. Part of the process is to lightly chamfer and debur the inside corners and edges at the ring and cap parting line .
One of the biggies, that hardly gets any ink is to make sure that your base screws are not bottoming. I just finished putting Weaver bases on a 40X rimfire, and both front base screws had to be filed quite a bit shorter so that they would not bottom in their holes. This is very common.
The way that you determine that there is a problem is to note the position of the screw head just where the threads first catch, and how many turns and fraction of a turn at bottom. You check this first without the base, write the values down for each screw, and then mount the bases only lightly tightening. If any of the numbers are the same, that screw is bottoming in the hole and needs to be shortened until the count with base is a half turn less than without the base. Obviously, if a screw is bottomed in its hole, it is not clamping the base to the receiver.
The other thing (unless you are using Burris Signature rings) is lapping. The best kit is by Kokopelli. I have never seen mounted rings, no matter what the price, that were perfectly round and aligned, even on a one piece base. Part of the process is to lightly chamfer and debur the inside corners and edges at the ring and cap parting line .
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