10-13-2020, 05:12 PM
Years ago a good friend of mine who is a Gunsmith installed these Burris rings on my rifle with a Weaver rail to save me money. He believed that a rail was better than lapping for alingment. They are Burris 1" Signature Zee Weaver-Style Rings. I had never mounted a scope and he was teaching me how to do it his way. We spent a lot of time getting the scope plumb.
I have seen Gunsmiths in magazines and now on Youtube talking about lapping rings. I always worried that taking the finish off the insides of the rings would cause corrosion or a loose scope. I have bought quality rings for years and have never an found issue with the machining. I have used rails or aligned the bases to keep from lapping rings for alignment.
I always had 2 MOA fliers with this rifle so I fugired that 200 yards was max range with it. I finally have the time and the money to get this problem fixed. I bought a picatinny rail and new quality rings.
When I was removing the Leupold Gold Ring scope I noticed the scope tube has some finish scraped off on opposite sides front and rear that matched the ring tops shape. I looked at the tops and fould the finish scraped on them too. I put the tops back on where I removed them and finished removing the rings and found the really poor machinig that Burris had done. See picture for the obvious quality problem of the tops creating a ledge on one side as compaired to the bottoms. The tops radius is wrong when check on three scope tubes.
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I installed the new rail and rings and the rifle is MOA with no fliers. Obvious now, the rings caused the fliers. I'm planning on always buying high quality rings like I have been doing for years and check the quality. For those that lap their rings, are these rings even able or worth being lapped to fix a manufatures defect?
I have three Burris AR-P.E.P.R. mounts that are great and didn't need lapping. Any manufacture can make a mistake that's why there is QA/QC.
I hope my posting will help someone else with the same or similar problem with accuracy.
I have seen Gunsmiths in magazines and now on Youtube talking about lapping rings. I always worried that taking the finish off the insides of the rings would cause corrosion or a loose scope. I have bought quality rings for years and have never an found issue with the machining. I have used rails or aligned the bases to keep from lapping rings for alignment.
I always had 2 MOA fliers with this rifle so I fugired that 200 yards was max range with it. I finally have the time and the money to get this problem fixed. I bought a picatinny rail and new quality rings.
When I was removing the Leupold Gold Ring scope I noticed the scope tube has some finish scraped off on opposite sides front and rear that matched the ring tops shape. I looked at the tops and fould the finish scraped on them too. I put the tops back on where I removed them and finished removing the rings and found the really poor machinig that Burris had done. See picture for the obvious quality problem of the tops creating a ledge on one side as compaired to the bottoms. The tops radius is wrong when check on three scope tubes.
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I installed the new rail and rings and the rifle is MOA with no fliers. Obvious now, the rings caused the fliers. I'm planning on always buying high quality rings like I have been doing for years and check the quality. For those that lap their rings, are these rings even able or worth being lapped to fix a manufatures defect?
I have three Burris AR-P.E.P.R. mounts that are great and didn't need lapping. Any manufacture can make a mistake that's why there is QA/QC.
I hope my posting will help someone else with the same or similar problem with accuracy.
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