09-03-2016, 01:15 PM
This little gadget is awesome for installing a scope level. Some mounts don't have the clearance for it but the ones that do takes all the.guesswork out of it.
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-...75317.aspx
Then I take the rifle out in the yard, hang a plumb Bob out about 50 yrds away and check for a level recticle. Most people hold their rifle on a cant. This will show you that too. If you have it on a cant and the margins are the same top and bottom you are good to go.
Some long range shooters who hold their rifles canted actually set their scopes up taking into account their cant. Your rifle doesn't actually have.to be.level to work at long range but the cross hairs in the scope do.
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-...75317.aspx
Then I take the rifle out in the yard, hang a plumb Bob out about 50 yrds away and check for a level recticle. Most people hold their rifle on a cant. This will show you that too. If you have it on a cant and the margins are the same top and bottom you are good to go.
Some long range shooters who hold their rifles canted actually set their scopes up taking into account their cant. Your rifle doesn't actually have.to be.level to work at long range but the cross hairs in the scope do.