Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Gunsmithing Talley Rings...Lap or not?

That is the question...

maybe.

Why? I've used close to 30 sets now.They always lined up well and been very smooth on the inside,yet hold scopes in place...

This is my first set I've personally tried...just wanted some opinions from those that have owned a few.

Thanks,
Erich

Erich:

What I do is smooth out the edges of the bases and cap with a lapping bar. Just so the scope doesn't get peenched in the rings. Takes about 5 minutes.

Yep just smooth them out....they are production cnc machined just like the other guys stuff.

Always.......

Looks like could apply Dykem to the interior of the rings while mounted up on the rifle, the put in a steel mandrel lightly clamped up by the ring's screws, and give it a spin or two.

Undo, and take a look at the pattern.

Those rings are pretty nice quality, but no ring set is exactly alike; pretty hard to tell without some in hand observations.

Kinda depends on your expectations

Never...

Talley says don't and I believe them. I have a lot of them in use and have installed many more.

+1

The Talley's that I have mounted scopes on Rem 700 receivers were aligned well enough that the scope sat square in the ring without lapping. If a dab of non-permanent adhesive such as Shoe Goo is used in the bottom half of the ring, the top does not have to be tighten so much that the rings cut into the scope tube.

What causes the talley's to mark a scope tube...is it over tightening, or sharp edges where the two ring halves meet?

Lap a set, it is a real eye opener...I lap all mine.

I ain't worried about the rings being straight so much as the receiver they're screwed to being straight. I lap mine.

Actually both but the initial marks are made with the sharp edges. It doesn' take much to secue the scope with Talley LWs. I use 30 in/lbs and loctite so the screws won't back out.

Thanks!

Don't lap Talley rings, substitute Burris Signature rings for them. I wouldn't own another set of anything Talley. Sorry, they are a poor performing product that leaves a scope tube scratched and deformed, and they are almost impossible to keep tight. My friend and I have a Talley laugh fest when we see some rube with them on a rifle. Rule of thumb is to never use a vertically split ring, or a one piece ring and base.

I've used Talleys for years and never scratched nor deformed a scope tube.
Proper installation procedures are a good thing.

This entire post is ludicrous.
LMAO

Talleys impossible to keep tight???? That is the laugh fest. Talleys are the GO TOO rings for big boomers and heavy kickers. Any rifle I own and plan to do any serious hunting with will be wearing a set of Talley vertically split rings & bases. I've used em on all my rifles all over over North America in all kinds of conditions for many years. I have NEVER had a Tally ring or base come loose. IMO Talleys are the best made and most durable ring & base system made today. The tolerances are super tight and NO lapping is required. They will marr a scope at the top where the rings come togather IF they are installed incorrectly. I use a torque wrench and use torque specs supplied by Tally. Never have a problem and don't expect one. 163bc