Because cheap rings typically can't be torqued as high as quality rings. Has nothing to do with the taps or the threads but the material in which they are cut. Which is usually the difference between aluminum and steel. Higher quality usually equals better tolerances, which means less wiggle room. The less need for glue to keep things from shaking loose. Some of the cheap aluminum rings I used in the past certainly needed all the help they could get.There seems to be a suggestion in this thread that if one uses a "quality" as opposed to "cheap" I assume, that thread locking products are not required. That suggestion makes no sense to me in that mount screws, taps used to tap treads in the gun are all in accordance with the standards set fourth in the "Machinery's Handbook". Also, the mounts I have have through holes and as such have no bearing on the screws and their mating holes in the gun. Therefore, why would the cost of a scope mount be a factor (assuming proper torque) in the screws coming loose or not. Someone is going to have to explain it to me...be specific please.
Is that the road we're going down???"Because cheap rings typically can't be torqued as high as quality rings." It is not "the rings" that are being torqued...it is the screws.
Always !!!! And On anything I ever Mounted on a bow.I never did use lock-tight on my scope mounts, but recently, upon purchasing a new scope, the smithy who works for the shop advised me that it is his standard practice to apply lock-tight to all the threads of his mounts when installing a scope.
Waddya think?