Lapping Rings Still Necessary These Days?

[HawkinsPrecision]

How would you know if the receiver holes/rail is properly aligned without performing a light lap on them?

Every rifle application is different, but we recommend purchasing quality components. Our rings are made on some of the finest and most precise CNCs in the world. When someone laps well made rings they are trusting the lapping bar is within nominal spec, and trusting their ability to hand turn it within probably thousandths of an inch.

A good example we had is someone lapped a set of our rings for a build. Come to find out his bar was well out of spec and it would no longer hold his Tangent Theta. He was local and we were able to measure everything and confirmed the lapping bar was the issue, and we found several inconsistent low spots from hand turning it.

 

[Fatcamp]

Every rifle application is different, but we recommend purchasing quality components. Our rings are made on some of the finest and most precise CNCs in the world. When someone laps well made rings they are trusting the lapping bar is within nominal spec, and trusting their ability to hand turn it within probably thousandths of an inch.

A good example we had is someone lapped a set of our rings for a build. Come to find out his bar was well out of spec and it would no longer hold his Tangent Theta. He was local and we were able to measure everything and confirmed the lapping bar was the issue, and we found several inconsistent low spots from hand turning it.

I highly doubt you envision your rings being used on production rifles. Or maybe you do. Either way, without lapping there is no way to know if the receiver is true unless you lap or have built it to spec.

I have no doubt you make nice stuff, but your rings cannot fix a receiver that is improperly aligned. I will continue to be poor and lap my rings over here.

 

[HawkinsPrecision]

I highly doubt you envision your rings being used on production rifles. Or maybe you do. Either way, without lapping there is no way to know if the receiver is true unless you lap or have built it to spec.

I have no doubt you make nice stuff, but your rings cannot fix a receiver that is improperly aligned. I will continue to be poor and lap my rings over here.

Our rings are placed on all kinds of rifles. The Long Range Hybrids are made for Tikkas, and Remington 700s and are extremely popular and work great! They also sell for around $112-$125.

The customer that lapped their rings for a Tangent Theta scope was simply an example. We get questions every day about lapping and tell everyone the same thing. Do not lap our scope rings. It voids the warranty if you do. In this day in age with modern components you should not have to lap your rings. Thanks, have a good one.

 

[Shooter71]

I highly doubt you envision your rings being used on production rifles. Or maybe you do. Either way, without lapping there is no way to know if the receiver is true unless you lap or have built it to spec.

I have no doubt you make nice stuff, but your rings cannot fix a receiver that is improperly aligned. I will continue to be poor and lap my rings over here.

double like..

I install and recommend Hawkins products, be it brakes, rings, or bottom metal. But the top of a 700 or other receiver cannot be as flat as the rings are machined. So either you Bed the bases, lap the rings, or you crank down the ring caps until stuff is bent into submission. Period.

 

[Tmac]

You all use blue loctite on bases and rings?

I do, or the equivalent.