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#6133189 - 01/12/16 08:40 PM
Scope Lapping Kit
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Veteran Tracker
Registered: 05/15/11
Posts: 2010
Loc: Lubbock, Texas
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Does anyone have a scope lapping kit that they would recommend?
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#6133299 - 01/12/16 09:33 PM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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Extreme Tracker
Registered: 08/27/12
Posts: 4008
Loc: Watauga, TX
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Buy good rings and good bases, and you'll never have to lap rings.
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#6133414 - 01/13/16 12:55 AM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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Registered: 01/20/11
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Loc: Justin, TX
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Buy good rings and good bases, and you'll never have to lap rings. Yep.
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#6133522 - 01/13/16 07:38 AM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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Woodsman
Registered: 09/03/13
Posts: 182
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Buy good rings and good bases, and you'll never have to lap rings. This right here.
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#6133773 - 01/13/16 10:28 AM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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Registered: 08/27/12
Posts: 4008
Loc: Watauga, TX
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I'm running a set of TPS rings right now. They guarantee them to be 98% in contact with a scope tube (aka they are prelapped). I don't have any way to prove it, but Skylar@swfa recommended them, and I trust him.
Edited by Tff caribou (01/13/16 10:28 AM)
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#6133775 - 01/13/16 10:29 AM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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Extreme Tracker
Registered: 08/27/12
Posts: 4008
Loc: Watauga, TX
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To answer your question, the Wheeler kit seems to get good reviews.
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#6134558 - 01/13/16 08:04 PM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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THF Trophy Hunter
Registered: 11/11/07
Posts: 7870
Loc: Wise Co.
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Some mounting systems may not need lapping, but there are plenty of mounting systems that benefit from lapping for a number of reasons. And it ain't because they aren't "good" rings and bases.
The Wheeler kit is adequate.
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#6135054 - 01/14/16 07:44 AM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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Registered: 06/24/09
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Loc: Houston
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To answer your question, the Wheeler kit seems to get good reviews. Second that. I got a wheeler kit with a torque wrench and lapping kit, it was on sale at nearly he same price as just the wrench. I do it on all rings for no real good particular reason other than I have the kit.
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#6135804 - 01/14/16 02:41 PM
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Registered: 12/06/09
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Loc: Prosper, TX
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The Wheeler kit is fine and you will see the high areas that are lapped down. No doubt high quality rings make a difference but none are perfect, especially when variances in the pic rail are considered.
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#6147593 - 01/21/16 07:03 PM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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Registered: 06/24/06
Posts: 4598
Loc: Hurst, Tx
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What do you consider good rings and bases?
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#6150743 - 01/23/16 03:49 PM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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Registered: 03/31/11
Posts: 991
Loc: Comanche, tx
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I think even good rings and bases can benefit being lapped, though they probably don't need it, defiantly doesn't hurt especially if your guns are put thru as much hell as mine. I use Wheeler, never had a problem.
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#6151173 - 01/23/16 08:36 PM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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Registered: 08/27/12
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Loc: Watauga, TX
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I think even good rings and bases can benefit being lapped, though they probably don't need it, defiantly doesn't hurt especially if your guns are put thru as much hell as mine. I use Wheeler, never had a problem. This is a legitimate question. I hear guys all the time say they put their guns through hell, or they are hard on their guns, or something of that nature. What kind of hell are you putting your guns through?
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#6155906 - 01/26/16 01:49 PM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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Tracker
Registered: 03/31/11
Posts: 991
Loc: Comanche, tx
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Well i have collectors but the guns I actually shoot get carried in the pickup or on a four wheeler 24/7, 90% dirt road and pasture miles, never cleaned unless they flat out won't function ect.
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#6191724 - 02/20/16 04:53 AM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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THF Trophy Hunter
Registered: 08/19/06
Posts: 7973
Loc: bastrop county
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Some mounting systems may not need lapping, but there are plenty of mounting systems that benefit from lapping for a number of reasons. And it ain't because they aren't "good" rings and bases.
The Wheeler kit is adequate. correct
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#6191752 - 02/20/16 06:50 AM
Re: Scope Lapping Kit
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Woodsman
Registered: 10/13/13
Posts: 165
Loc: Aledo
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Buy good rings and good bases, and you'll never have to lap rings. 100%
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