Looks good on my rifles
I do like how these look once you get them installed. I do wish Brownells offered them with a knurled surface finish though the slotted rings look good as well. You might want to make them out of a tougher steel rather than aluminum, just my opinion.
slip ring
Perfect in every way
Well made
The slip ring is nicely made but fragile to a certain degree. Its very easy to scratch up the finish or put a ding in it. I have two of these slip rings in my spare parts box that I kept but they both have dings in them. They were caused by the barrel nut tool slipping and putting a ding into a part of the slip ring. Im not sure why I kept these damaged parts except that these slip rings are expensive and they will still work. Its mostly cosmetic. Very few places sell these early style slip rings so I usually buy them from Brownells.
Looks nice but....
I had the same thing happen as another reviewer mentioned. I used a high quality barrel nut wrench to torque the nut down but it slipped once and put a dent into the slip ring. I ordered two so I was able to replace it easily and was much more careful with the wrench. It works well and looks nice but if your wrench slips it will easily damage the slip ring. Im not sure what kind of metal its made of but it must be very soft. Ive used these slip rings several other times and the same thing happened. Now, if I need this early style slip ring I automatically order two in case I mess up the first one. I have several damaged slip rings in my parts box because I didnt have it in me to just throw them away, even though theyre all damaged in one way or another. Its, unfortunately, just not made with a higher quality metal.
A1 Flat Slip Ring
As a retro builder my only gripe is that the finish is in a deep black. Most of my builds will be in a medium to dark gray. The quality of this slip ring is very nice but I will be refinishing it.
Extremely fragile
I used a barrel nut wrench when installing this. As is often the case when using delta ring/slip ring assemblies, the wrench slipped off the teeth and made contact with the slip ring. Unlike on a normal delta ring, this caused a bulge to appear in the metal. I hammered it down a touch and proceeded. When it happened again (in the same spot, unfortunately,) the bulge from before became a gash. Unable to currently finish my build. Will have to buy another slip ring, but likely not this one.
