Exterra Precision Hunter Rings Review

[Justin Crossley]

Hey guys, @mtnwrunner (Randy) and I are both testing out the Exterra Precision Hunter Scope Rings. Randy will write a full review later, but we wanted to get this thread started so you all could ask questions and give feedback.



I received my Tikka rings last week and got them mounted per the instructions.





My plan was to take the rifle up into the mountains and do some legit testing, but there were a bunch of trees down, so I was limited to a morning at the range.



I am competing in the NRL Hunter match this weekend, so I'll bring this rifle along for some testing as well. I'll try to do a drop test if I have time on Thursday.


@Fred@Exterra @robby denning

 

[robby denning]

looks good JC,

does the QR code give torque specs?

 

[Fred@Exterra]

looks good JC,

does the QR code give torque specs?

It better

But we had to be a little judicious on how we recommend torque specs on the top caps… some scope manufacturers recommend a very low torque spec in order to protect their tubes, especially on light weight scopes with very thin walls. What might work for a 14 ounce Nikon would be entirely inappropriate for a 35 ounce Nightforce & vis versa.

On some scopes we go as high as 27 inch pounds, on others it may be as low as 15 inch pounds. We’ve have gone to much higher torque without ring or screw

failure.

We’ve done a bunch of testing on this topic & designed geometry on the ID of the scope ring to increase grip & decrease the possibility of scope pinch.

Here’s a few of the misc scopes we are using right now… minus the scopes that are stuck on hunting rifles for tomorrow

 

[basko152]

These look great. Following for review information.