Scope ring questions?

[Klong]

I was at the range yesterday and a shooter was swapping rings from steel to aluminum and back on a couple of his rifles. He later showed me his targets and the steel rings shot better on both rifles. He used the same loads and same scope and shot 5 shot groups. The steel ring groups were about half the size of the aluminum ring groups.

Anyone ever done this? What was your results?

Thanks, Ken

 

[15Tango]

No, it'd be interesting to see if the quality/design of the two different materials were on par with each other to see how scientific of a test it was - comparing top of the line steel rings to say some aluminum Tasco rings for an air rifle might be a little misleading.

I run Burris Signature Zee rings on everything; I'm sold on them and it'll be a hard sell getting me to switch to something else because of their holding power, ability to zero and dial in MOA with the inserts and the fact you can't tell a scope's been mounted with them - no marring.

Wayne

 

[fdshuster]

Ditto for the Burris Signature Zee rings, the only kind I use since they came on the market. My heaviest "kicker" is a 308 and I've never seen any evidence of quality rings ( not some "made-in-c****" crap) having any effect on point-of-impact changes or group sizes.

 

[NateHaler]

steel rings are more accurate than aluminum?

I was at the range yesterday and a shooter was swapping rings from steel to aluminum and back on a couple of his rifles. He later showed me his targets and the steel rings shot better on both rifles. He used the same loads and same scope and shot 5 shot groups. The steel ring groups were about half the size of the aluminum ring groups.

BS detector on high alert.

May as well say he shot better with wool socks instead of nylon.

 

[habu]

WELL SURE, EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU SHOOT BETTER IN WOOL SOCKS!!!

THEY KEEP YOUR FEET WARM.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

RON

 

[BoydAllen]

Proper mounting of a scope (except when using Burris Signature rings, with the plastic inserts) requires that the rings be lapped, and the alignment of the lapping may be lost if the lower half of either ring is removed from its base. Combine this with the fact that the most accurate rifles in the world us aluminum rings, and you might conclude that the difference in group size is probably attributable to differences in how much each type of ring was deforming the scope rather than the fact that one was aluminum, and the other steel.

 

[Preacher]

Ya right, he probably believes in Santa also.....
Take 2 sets of rings from reputable makers out of either one of the materials lap em in and watch that test go to poop ...........

 

[Klong]

Thanks for the responses! I know most short range benchrest shooters use aluminum rings. Some of this may be due to the weight restrictions, but I figured if steel was better, somebody would find a way to shave weight elsewhere.