Ribbed or smooth?

engineerbrian · Sep 25, 2015

Scope rings that is

So this is more or less a follow up to the scope mount thread I started about 2 weeks ago. I purchased a set of Warne rings for my 700 and plan to lap them before mounting my scope. However, today I was mounting a scope for a friend and his rings were ribbed on the inside. I'm guessing this gives it more grip?

So what's better? Smooth, smooth and lapped, or ribbed?

plinkerton · Sep 25, 2015

SRD · Sep 25, 2015

Subscribed.I remember inverted sandpaper before ribbed rings.(paging E.Shell)

antco · Sep 25, 2015

I wouldn't let a ribbed ring anywhere near my scopes.

outrider58 · Sep 26, 2015

''Ribbed, For Her Pleasure''

But, not for my scopes.

smokey · Sep 26, 2015

Smooth and lapped will give you the best percentage of contact area to hold the scope. Right off the bat, ribbed rings sacrifice the areas where material was removed, so you can never have as much engagement as with lapped/smooth rings.

gabe72 · Sep 26, 2015

outrider58 said:
''Ribbed, For Her Pleasure''

But, not for my scopes.

Tbats what i thiught when i seen the title

engineerbrian · Sep 26, 2015

Thats about what i thought with the ribbed rings.

I'm really impressed with the Warne rings so far. They seem to be high quality.

schnmbang · Sep 26, 2015

Smooth

BossmanPJ · Sep 26, 2015

antco said:
I wouldn't let a ribbed ring anywhere near my scopes.

Same. Lapping is the way to go in my opinion. No two sets of rings are the same. Why damage a scope that costs hundreds of dollars. I asked this question about a year ago in a thread. Be prepared to hear every difference of opinion there is. Haha

BossmanPJ · Sep 26, 2015

engineerbrian said:
Thats about what i thought with the ribbed rings.

I'm really impressed with the Warne rings so far. They seem to be high quality.

I have Warne Rings on my Savage 10T and they were smooth from the factory. I still had them lapped. As far as I remember from the few sets of Warne rings I have had, I do not recall seeing any with ribbing.

engineerbrian · Sep 26, 2015

BossmanPJ said:
I have Warne Rings on my Savage 10T and they were smooth from the factory. I still had them lapped. As far as I remember from the few sets of Warne rings I have had, I do not recall seeing any with ribbing.

Correct. The Warne ring is in the top picture (smooth). The ribbed ring in the bottom pic was off my friends rifle. Not sure what brand it is.

bigjohn · Sep 26, 2015

My Millet rings were ribbed. I have stopped using them. Had 2 sets strip threads on the mounting screw. I use the fat wrench to put them on so they weren't over torqued. Bench gun at that, no hunting beating and banging. Happened half way thru a match. I use warne now

Jmorrismetal · Sep 26, 2015

Ribbed for her pleasure, I must be getting old, would be turning them inside out myself.

No ribbed scope rings either. Who makes those and what is the rivet looking thing in the center?

BossmanPJ · Sep 26, 2015

engineerbrian said:
Correct. The Warne ring is in the top picture (smooth). The ribbed ring in the bottom pic was off my friends rifle. Not sure what brand it is.

Ok that makes a lot more sense. By the bottom picture I thought to myself, there is no way that's a Warne ring.

lkenefic · Sep 26, 2015

I might be mistaken, but wasn't there a fad for ribbed rings in the '90s? I seem to recall this not being a new invention. BTW... every issue of Precision Shooting had some form of service for lapping and mounting scope rings.

engineerbrian · Sep 26, 2015

bigjohn said:
My Millet rings were ribbed. I have stopped using them. Had 2 sets strip threads on the mounting screw. I use the fat wrench to put them on so they weren't over torqued. Bench gun at that, no hunting beating and banging. Happened half way thru a match. I use warne now

I use a fat wrench too. They're pretty awesome!

Jmorrismetal said:
Ribbed for her pleasure, I must be getting old, would be turning them inside out myself.

No ribbed scope rings either. Who makes those and what is the rivet looking thing in the center?

Not sure who makes it or what it is. It seems odd to have that on the inside of a ring.

clandestine · Sep 26, 2015

The ribbed ring appears to be Millett Angle Lock Rings. They come with tape that supposed to be used inside the rung to get better contact.

outrider58 · Sep 26, 2015

bigjohn said:
My Millet rings were ribbed. I have stopped using them. Had 2 sets strip threads on the mounting screw. I use the fat wrench to put them on so they weren't over torqued. Bench gun at that, no hunting beating and banging. Happened half way thru a match. I use warne now

Same here. Millets are junk!

engineerbrian · Sep 26, 2015

SRD said:
Subscribed.I remember inverted sandpaper before ribbed rings.(paging E.Shell)

Wouldnt it be nice if we had paging buttons kind of like the report button? Need Chads or Ed Shells advice in a thread...click "page"

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