I'll shorten the real story to protect the innocent.......

Thought I had a scope problem, which turned into a ring/mount problem. The standard Leupold mount up front wore to the point that it was stringing my shots. I removed the scope thinking that was the issue and would have sent it back to Leupold but, I found the front ring would spin like a top in the mount.
Picked up a set of Leupold Mark 4 rings, which by the way are not cheap. With the Wheeler torque wrench in hand, I attempted to mount the rings. Leupold wants the rings torqued to the mounts with 65 inch pounds. The front ring torqued, I proceeded to torque the rear ring. SNAP!

Returned the ring to where I purchased it and there was no trouble returning it. Oh yeah, I took my Wheeler just in case. Just my luck, 325 miles of driving and I'm no further ahead this evening than I was this morning. A new set of Mark 4 mounts are being mailed....

Someone please take the curse off me.