Scope ring lapping

[jschroed]

I am ready to get a scope ring lapping Kit. I have looked at the Wheeler kit with the alignment pins and bar and some others with just the lapping bar. Are the pins important? I understand they show you how far the rings are off but if you are going to lap them anyway what is the difference?

 

[BoydAllen]

The difference is that they got to sell you something else. I lap everything that does not have plastic inserts. In the past, I have combined lapping and bedding.

 

[amlevin]

The difference is that they got to sell you something else. I lap everything that does not have plastic inserts. In the past, I have combined lapping and bedding.

But wouldn't the alignment pins be a good tool to make sure that the scope mounts were at least "close" before grinding away?

That said, I don't lap anything. I've "blued" all my mounts and found them to be as true as necessary for my needs. Better be for the prices I've been charged 8)

 

[BoydAllen]

If you take a couple of passes with a charge lapping bar, you can see, by where it is cutting, how the rings are aligned. I really don't believe that any set of rings that I have put a bar in, were close enough for me, and that takes in quite a few different rifles and types of rings. Standards vary.

 

[Leaddog]

I've used the Wheeler. Just the lapping bar. I didn't use the points. Although I got satisfactory results, I think the compound that Wheeler includes is a bit more aggressive than I like.

 

[dreever]

I use Sinclair's lapping bar kit and have been quite happy with it.

Danny