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I have no idea how many Talley LWs I have. more than 20 sets anyway.
I lapped one set years ago, and I won't do it again.
haven't boogered any scope tubes either.
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I mount scopes at work and also as a side business. With every ring make I occasionally encounter a set that is slightly off in some form or fashion.
The one brand of rings I've not encountered this with is Talley. The reason is that I've only mounted a couple of scopes using Talley's. Probably 95% of the scopes I mount have Warne, Leupold, Burris or Weaver rings.
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I've never ever encountered that problem with Talley rings, then again I don't use Talley rings.
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And I have mounted dozens of scopes in unlapped Talleys without marking a single scope.
Guess the world is just a puzzler.... It sure is.... Even more so for some though...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Just a question, not being argumentative by any means.........When I bought a 7RM from Hill Country Rifles a couple/three years ago, they bedded Talley LW's as well, and lapped them. When I asked why they lapped those rings, they said "we lap every set of TLW's" we install. They love TLW's, but not so much the machinist's who make the actions and bore the screw/mounting holes.
What's up with that? It was a Remington... Pretty easy to answer, you got another head scratcher??
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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not really surprised you missed the "every set of TLWs", but you seem to miss a lot.
at least you have Savage_99 in your corner.
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TLWs are notorious for this. I lap every set. +1
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Just a question, not being argumentative by any means.........When I bought a 7RM from Hill Country Rifles a couple/three years ago, they bedded Talley LW's as well, and lapped them. When I asked why they lapped those rings, they said "we lap every set of TLW's" we install. They love TLW's, but not so much the machinist's who make the actions and bore the screw/mounting holes.
What's up with that? It was a Remington... Pretty easy to answer, you got another head scratcher?? You miss this part?
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I bought a used set of tallies here on the fire.They had been lapped and did mar my scope.I have never lapped them my self with no problems.I actually prefer Burris Signatures in a dual dove tail mount.
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I have mounted dozens of TLW rings without lapping and without issue.
I have seen several issues with them caused by lapping.
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Just a question, not being argumentative by any means.........When I bought a 7RM from Hill Country Rifles a couple/three years ago, they bedded Talley LW's as well, and lapped them. When I asked why they lapped those rings, they said "we lap every set of TLW's" we install. They love TLW's, but not so much the machinist's who make the actions and bore the screw/mounting holes.
What's up with that? It was a Remington... Pretty easy to answer, you got another head scratcher?? You miss this part? If you had a Bushnell scope on there he would have said the Talley's needed to be lapped due to the scope.
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TLW work great for me. No lapping here.
I must be lucky.
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I feel that if rings need to be lapped, they are defective.
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Lucky here too, i guess. I have about 10 or so sets, nary a problem.
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Just a question, not being argumentative by any means.........When I bought a 7RM from Hill Country Rifles a couple/three years ago, they bedded Talley LW's as well, and lapped them. When I asked why they lapped those rings, they said "we lap every set of TLW's" we install. They love TLW's, but not so much the machinist's who make the actions and bore the screw/mounting holes.
What's up with that? It was a Remington... Pretty easy to answer, you got another head scratcher?? The stupid flows freely.
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It's not too hard to visualize how crooked holes could cause perfectly machined rings to dig into a scope tube. That situation calls for rings with inserts like Burris makes.
Experience also indicates that some people can futz up almost anything.
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It's no secret that the receivers and mounting holes are often off on factory rifles. Even the best machined rings don't do any good if the receiver/mount holes are crooked. I have one rifle built on a Borden Alpine action and I mounted Talley lightweights without lapping them because I trusted the action & holes to be straight. On any factory action they get lapped. As soon as you put the lapping bar to them you'll see how far they're off, it's usually a pretty good bit. It's not Talley's fault the factories turn out crooked rifles.
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I don't see why people like the Talley's on here. They are some of my least favorite rings. I bought several sets after reading how great they were on here. After opening the first set, I quickly sold them all off. They were very poorly made imo. I'd rather have an extra ounce and a set of quality rings like the Burris Signature Zee's or even Leupold Dual Dovetails.
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So you've never used them, but they don't work.
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