Work is slow and I was bored this afternoon so I decided to do some torture testing, per se. I had an old egw rail that I screwed down to my workbench top. I then put different rings on the rail and tapped on them forcefully from the side with the 3 lb Sledge. I didn't BEAT on them. I had 5 styles of rings to try.... Tru-Glo 1" weaver style, Monstrum 1" Razorclaw, Vortex Tactical 1", Warne Mountain Tech 1" and a Weaver Quad-lock 1" extension ring.
The Monstrum and the Tru-Glo rings cracked at literally the first blow, and a couple of heavy taps had them completely off the rail.
The three brand name rings, they didn't come loose at all with repeated heavy taps. So then I did kind of wail on them a bit, enough that it was shaking a double bank toolbox/ workbench full of tools. None of them came loose. None of them cracked or broke. The rail finally failed when I had the mountain tech on it, so I moved it to a fresh section of rail and repeated it with no issues.
Food for thought.
The Monstrum and the Tru-Glo rings cracked at literally the first blow, and a couple of heavy taps had them completely off the rail.
The three brand name rings, they didn't come loose at all with repeated heavy taps. So then I did kind of wail on them a bit, enough that it was shaking a double bank toolbox/ workbench full of tools. None of them came loose. None of them cracked or broke. The rail finally failed when I had the mountain tech on it, so I moved it to a fresh section of rail and repeated it with no issues.
Food for thought.
