Recent content by MikeSD

Regarding marking the top of the Ruger. Is there any effective way to prevent marking the top of the receiver? I suspect not. I thought about putting a piece of thin clear packing tape between the ring base and the revolver but I'm thinking that this wouldn't do much. I did tighten the...

I have an in-lbs torque tool. But nowhere have I seen any instructions that ever said to torque and to what values. I'll test the torquing using your values and see how it works. I'm going to test this on the screws, before I use them with the scope though, just to see how it feels (whether...

Ok thanks, I'm not lapping. I will do the final install later today. I will tighten the base first, and use locktite on the base. I will evenly tighten the upper ring screws and will NOT use locktite on those. Thanks,

I don't know that I have to. But like I said above, when I loosely put the scope on the rings and lightly tightened them (uniformily so that both sides came down together), one side of the ring was touching the scope and the other side had a small gap. That made me think something might not be...

All good information. I'm curious on a related topic. "Using Ring Alignment Tools". I have been reading the instructions on using ring alignment tools, that I downloaded online, in case I decided to go with a lapping kit. In those instructions it said to put the two bars into each ring with...

I've got a few questions about mounting a scope on my Super Redhawk. The SRH is a .454 Casull. The scope is the Bushnell Elite. I'm thinking about using the included rings. But I have a few questions. First, I have never mounted a scope on a handgun before. However, it's not a challenge...