Scope/Ring mounting tape

Fisher · September 3, 2014, 08:43 PM

When you buy new rings they come with a piece of tape or paper to cushion the scope. When you remove the scope for whatever reason it is not re-usable. What does everyone use to replace the tape when mounting on another gun. Or do you just not use anything.

I always have rings that I have picked up for various reasons. I am just curious if people worry about this and try to replace it.

Jim

Bennyfatsack · September 3, 2014, 09:27 PM

I generally discard tape, alchohol clean mounts and scope and apply a match head size drop or less or sikaflex or a rubberised glue. Also mark lightly with a paint pen on underside to inspect after firing to see if any movement, haven't had one move yet and requires minimal effort to break when scope removed.

arizona98tj · September 3, 2014, 10:09 PM

I do not recall ever seeing paper or tape coming with new rings....and over the past half dozen years, I've bought a few sets of rings. What brand do they come on?

Fisher · September 4, 2014, 05:39 AM

These happen to be Millet rings. I have seen other rings with then too. I don't recall what brand those were.

Jim

wogpotter · September 4, 2014, 07:52 AM

Electrical tape works for me.

CowTowner · September 4, 2014, 08:21 AM

If the scope moves without the "tape", then I use old fashioned friction tape as a replacement. It's the original electrical tape before vinyl came about.

Pahoo · September 4, 2014, 10:48 AM

Some rings come with a fiber tape, others with some kind of paper. As others have replied, I use clear electrical tape. Specifically, Scotch-33 or equal. The clear will not show and makes for a cleaner trim then the colored. You have to watch some of them for they will act like contact cement, over time and it takes just a little effort to pull them apart. ....

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DPI7800 · September 5, 2014, 11:55 AM

I don’t use anything at all. A good quality set of rings like say Nightforce has high manufacturing standards with very close tolerances and does not require any tape, paper, glue, caulking or etc. All that needs to be done at most use a lapping bar to verify engagement surface is adequate. Mount scope, torque caps to spec (15inch pounds for NF) and you are good to go. Even on my .338LM I have never had any slippage or movement in the rings.

10-96 · September 5, 2014, 10:40 PM

The GS I apprenticed with taught me to use masking tape with the cheaper rings. Not so much for what goes on in the firing dept- but for keeping the scope pristine and rub line free from when it's wiggled back and forth and canted this way and that way during it's mounting process. So I still do.

September 3, 2014, 08:43 PM	#1
Fisher Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 1999 Location: Reynoldsburg, Ohio Posts: 329	Scope/Ring mounting tape When you buy new rings they come with a piece of tape or paper to cushion the scope. When you remove the scope for whatever reason it is not re-usable. What does everyone use to replace the tape when mounting on another gun. Or do you just not use anything. I always have rings that I have picked up for various reasons. I am just curious if people worry about this and try to replace it. Jim __________________ "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and passed on ... or we will spend our sunset years telling our children's children what it was like in the United States when men were free." ~ Ronald Reagan

September 3, 2014, 10:09 PM	#3
arizona98tj Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 980	I do not recall ever seeing paper or tape coming with new rings....and over the past half dozen years, I've bought a few sets of rings. What brand do they come on? __________________ stu-offroad.com Largest Jeep TJ project site on the web! (now with guns)

September 4, 2014, 05:39 AM	#4
Fisher Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 1999 Location: Reynoldsburg, Ohio Posts: 329	These happen to be Millet rings. I have seen other rings with then too. I don't recall what brand those were. Jim __________________ "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and passed on ... or we will spend our sunset years telling our children's children what it was like in the United States when men were free." ~ Ronald Reagan

September 4, 2014, 07:52 AM	#5
wogpotter Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2004 Posts: 4,811	Electrical tape works for me. __________________ Allan Quatermain: “Automatic rifles. Who in God's name has automatic rifles”? Elderly Hunter: “That's dashed unsporting. Probably Belgium.”

September 4, 2014, 08:21 AM	#6
CowTowner Senior Member Join Date: October 17, 2007 Location: Cowtown of course! Posts: 1,747	If the scope moves without the "tape", then I use old fashioned friction tape as a replacement. It's the original electrical tape before vinyl came about. __________________ NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, Home Firearms Safety, Pistol and Rifle Instructor *“Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life......”* President John F. Kennedy

September 3, 2014, 09:27 PM	#2
Bennyfatsack Member Join Date: August 11, 2014 Location: NSW Australia Posts: 77	I generally discard tape, alchohol clean mounts and scope and apply a match head size drop or less or sikaflex or a rubberised glue. Also mark lightly with a paint pen on underside to inspect after firing to see if any movement, haven't had one move yet and requires minimal effort to break when scope removed.

September 4, 2014, 10:48 AM	#7
Pahoo Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2006 Location: IOWA Posts: 8,783	Scotch-33 clear electical tape. Some rings come with a fiber tape, others with some kind of paper. As others have replied, I use clear electrical tape. Specifically, Scotch-33 or equal. The clear will not show and makes for a cleaner trim then the colored. You have to watch some of them for they will act like contact cement, over time and it takes just a little effort to pull them apart. .... Be Safe !!! __________________ 'Fundamental truths' are easy to recognize because they are verified daily through simple observation and thus, require no testing.

September 5, 2014, 11:55 AM	#8
DPI7800 Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2014 Posts: 208	I don’t use anything at all. A good quality set of rings like say Nightforce has high manufacturing standards with very close tolerances and does not require any tape, paper, glue, caulking or etc. All that needs to be done at most use a lapping bar to verify engagement surface is adequate. Mount scope, torque caps to spec (15inch pounds for NF) and you are good to go. Even on my .338LM I have never had any slippage or movement in the rings.

September 5, 2014, 10:40 PM	#9
10-96 Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2005 Location: Tx Panhandle Territory Posts: 4,159	The GS I apprenticed with taught me to use masking tape with the cheaper rings. Not so much for what goes on in the firing dept- but for keeping the scope pristine and rub line free from when it's wiggled back and forth and canted this way and that way during it's mounting process. So I still do. __________________ Rednecks... Keeping the woods critter-free since March 2, 1836. (TX Independence Day) I suspect a thing or two... because I've seen a thing or two.