Re: What actually makes rings "good".
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Cfl Mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well I am not trying to be an asshole or anything but, I am just asking what makes them good? and how can you tell from online? I know its about tolerances and such, but this is something you cant really do anything about from the web; unless there is another way to tell?
Though I will take those suggestions to heart, though on this gun it came with a Weaver Mount (Not brand, but style like Picaitiny) , so if you have any good suggestions for Weaver im all ears. </div></div>
You can't tell the quality of ANYTHING from internet web pages, now can you? You only see what their marketing people want to show you.
The quality of nearly anything is (most times) a function of the design, the quality of the raw materials being used and the precision/accuracy/consistency of the manufacturing process ("tolerances and such..."
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Sale price may...or may not...have any relationship to quality. To truly determine this "quality" you'd have to do a bunch of materials testing, precision measurement, design analysis, etc., etc....none of this is practical for the average person.
The alternative is to seek advice from those who have used the product (and preferably those who have used it hard) to see what they prefer. In most cases many have learned the hard way what works and what doesn't.
If you do just a tad bit of searching here you'll find the same names cropping up as being the best. Seekins, Badger Ordnance, USO, Nightforce and a very few select others. I would call this a CLUE as to who is producing a quality product. Everybody has their own personal opinions and biases, but when you look at a big cross-section of users and the same 3 or 4 brands keep popping up as best, then it is a pretty sure thing that these brands are "high quality".