Comments on: Kokopelli Ring Lapping Tool and Scope Alignment Bars https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/12/kokopelli-ring-lapping-tool-and-scope-alignment-bars/ from AccurateShooter.com Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:59:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: Lee Helgeland https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/12/kokopelli-ring-lapping-tool-and-scope-alignment-bars/comment-page-1/#comment-61115 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:29:57 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/?p=10871#comment-61115 John,
Are you still making inletting black. I’m hearing from Guild members that say they can not find it! Panic!

Lee

]]> By: John Werre https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/12/kokopelli-ring-lapping-tool-and-scope-alignment-bars/comment-page-1/#comment-3447 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:57:35 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/?p=10871#comment-3447 tenring,
Yes the rings will still be misaligned, lapping will change the holes through the rings, not the actual ring alignment. Yes, the holes will be enlarged creating less and less gap between the upper and lower halves of the rings. Too much lapping and the halves will come together necessitating fileing the flats to obtain more gap or just buy new rings. But why lap? In this case the simple reversing of the rings in place, left to right, gave the “perfect” fit and when checked with the lapping bar only about a dozen strokes were made to verify the amount of contact surface between the scope and rings. No damage to the rings at all. That’s the purpose of the alignment bars, to test and obtain the best possible alignment to save tons of lapping which is in many cases very damaging to a set of rings.

]]> By: tenring https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/12/kokopelli-ring-lapping-tool-and-scope-alignment-bars/comment-page-1/#comment-3446 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:35:26 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/?p=10871#comment-3446 Assuming the rings are misaligned as shown in the picture, will they still be misaligned after lapping? Will lapping to even the rings create excess space?

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