What do you do when the ring manufacturer's torque specs far exceed the max recommended by the scope manufacturer? I'm attempting to use a DNZ Game Reaper and they recommend 30 in lbs on the rings! That seems incredibly excessive. I usually do around 20 in lbs, have for many years and have never had a problem. Over the years I've used Leupold, Weaver, Talley, Warne, Nightforce, Burris, Sako and Seekins rings, that I can remember. From what I recall, most of those recommend around 20in lbs max. I know some scope manufacturers like Vortex and Swaro, for example, recommend 15-18lbs. Heck even Nightforce recommends a max of 25 in lbs on their rings.
I asked DNZ customer service in an email if their rings were designed differently to take higher torque specs, yet impart less clamping force than other makes, so as not to crush the tube. Their response did not answer that question. What I got instead was a rather unprofessional and sarcastic response that "if you use 18 in lbs on our rings or anyone else's, you better invest in lots of ammo and have fun re-zeroing constantly." And that "even a $40 Walmart scope can take 30 in. lbs." Besides using another mount (which I'm inclined to do based solely on their snarky customer service response), what do I do, who do I believe? The scope or the ring manufacturer? I don't fret the negligible difference between 18 and 20 inch pounds, but the difference between 18-20 and 30, seems like a lot and asking for scope damage. What say ya'll. Is there something different with DNZ that will not risk crushing the tube at such high torque values?
I asked DNZ customer service in an email if their rings were designed differently to take higher torque specs, yet impart less clamping force than other makes, so as not to crush the tube. Their response did not answer that question. What I got instead was a rather unprofessional and sarcastic response that "if you use 18 in lbs on our rings or anyone else's, you better invest in lots of ammo and have fun re-zeroing constantly." And that "even a $40 Walmart scope can take 30 in. lbs." Besides using another mount (which I'm inclined to do based solely on their snarky customer service response), what do I do, who do I believe? The scope or the ring manufacturer? I don't fret the negligible difference between 18 and 20 inch pounds, but the difference between 18-20 and 30, seems like a lot and asking for scope damage. What say ya'll. Is there something different with DNZ that will not risk crushing the tube at such high torque values?
