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Posted: 11/9/2002 6:28:08 PM EDT
| I have a pair of Badger Super High rings for an AR-10 and I've noticed that on my Swarovski scope, that there's a small gap around the lower edges where it doesn't contact the scope. Is this normal? The top and the bottom of the scope tube have contact with the rings, but there's a very very small area near where the torx screws are on the lower half of the ring where it seems like the lower rings are slightly bigger. |
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John this is not normal at all - I have a few :) sets of Badger rings and they are one of (if not the) best rings onthe market today. They are machined in pairs and shoudl be serialized the same. Were did you get them? You should contact Marty @ Badger Ord or email [email protected] |
| Thanks for the help guys. I'm pretty disappointed to have this problem... since that's the reason why I switched from MK4 Leupolds to Badgers was because I had heard that the Leupolds weren't machined as a pair and would need to be lapped since a lot of the Mark 4's weren't perfectly round. I'm actually thinking about just returning the Badgers and getting a pair of Nightforce rings... I have a pair and they seem pretty nice. Any of you guys have any opinions on Nightforce rings and if they need to be lapped or anything like that? Thanks. |
| Yea, but I'm just really disappointed since now I'm going to have to take these rings off and send them back, pay for postage and waste some time doing that. I'm doing some load tests with my AR-10 and got through half of my loads and started to get some really good groups.. my best group yesterday was .45" with 155gr Sierra's and 46.5 grains of Varget and was hoping to get out tomorrow to finish off the set of loads I had loaded up. Now I won't get able to finish that for a while and to top it all off, I'm going to have to remount and re-level my scope which is a pain. That's why I'm almost thinking to heck with it and just getting another set of Nightforce rings which look pretty good and actually fit my other scope correctly. |
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I HAVE SET UP SEVERAL SCOPES IN BADGER RINGS. BADGER RINGS HAVE JUST THE SLIGHTEST RELIEF CUT INTO THE INSIDE UPPER EDGE OF THE LOWER PORTION OF THE RINGS, EXACTLY AT THE TOP WHERE THE LOWER RING MEETS THE UPPER RING. KNIGHT'S RINGS DEMONSTRATE THIS, AS WELL. BADGER AND KNIGHT'S RINGS ARE NOT SYMMETRICALLY SPLIT HORIZONTALLY, LIKE MWG OR GG&G RINGS, FOR EXAMPLE. THE TOP PORTION OF THE RING ONLY CONTACTS APPROX 160 DEGREES OF THE SCOPE'S CIRCUMFERENCE, NOT 180. THE LOWER PORTION OF THE RING ENCIRCLES 200 DEGREES OF THE SCOPE, BUT ONLY CONTACTS 180 DEGREES OF ITS PERIMETER. THESE RELIEF CUTS ALLOW THE SCOPE TO PASS INTO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE RING WITHOUT PRESENTING A SHARP CORNER TO SCRATCH THE SCOPE. BOTH BADGER AND KNIGHT'S RINGS ARE SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS I HAVE ENCOUNTERED, AND THIS THOUGHTFUL ASPECT OF THEIR DESIGN IS JUST ONE OF THE REASONS. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS NORMAL. RELAX. WES GRANT MSTN.BIZ |
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GO TO BADGER'S WEB SITE. DOUBLE CLICK ON A PIC OF THEIR RINGS TO BLOW IT UP. YOU CAN SEE THESE SUBTLE RELIEF CUTS SHOWN IN THE PIC. WES GRANT MSTN.BIZ |
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THANKS! THE RELIEF CUTS DO NOT SHOW UP QUITE AS CLEARLY IN THIS PIC FOR SOME REASON AS ON BADGER'S WEB SITE. VERY LITTLE IN THE PRECISION FIREARMS FIELD IS AS CONSISTENT AND GRATIFYING TO WORK WITH AS BADGER RINGS. WES GRANT MSTN.BIZ |
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