Some what disappointed. - NightForce XTRM 30mm Ring Set

These rings look great and I'm sure they will work fine but............. I'm somewhat disappointed in the way the very narrow recoil cross bot/lug engages with the Picatinny rail slot. The cross bolt screw is rather narrow and as a result affords a great deal of slop (fore and aft) when sliding on a Mil-Spec Picatinny rail. I tried it on seven different Mil-Spec rails. I don't understand why Nightforce allows that much slop. I expected them to fit the rail lugs very precisely and snug with little slop fore and aft. I was wrong. The huge amount of clearance between the cross bolt and the Pic rail slot defeats the the fact the rings are very wide (.960")......... which I do like.
What this boils down to is.......you do get better scope tube grip from the six screws but the rail recoil grip is no different than a typical standard 5/8" wide Picatinny Mil-Spec rail ring using a similar cross bolt attachment. They look great but don't work any better than a standard Mil-Spec Picatinny ring. Your spending about $70.00 more just for looks and getting nothing more to hold the scope any better to the rail than a typical Pic ring.