How to level rifle before leveling scope

[chizelhead]

Another system is the Wheeler leveling kit. I set my rifle in the cleaning stand to level. A vise would work as well.

 

[Matt5266]

I use the wheeler leveling kit and a plumb Bob. I attach a bubble level to my scope during this time too. Must be how I shouldn't a rifle or slightly to low of rings but I swear my reticle is always canted when everything is "level".

 

[Choupique]

Is eyeballing good enough? Yes! Does it annoy the piss out of me when a week later I notice the 5ish degree offset from eyeballing for some reason? Also yes.

Right. What really matters with a roof is that it keeps the rain out, but a roof that's out of square drives me insane. I got a few minor tisms and stuff not being square / plumb is definitely one of them.

 

[nm.otter]

If you use a scope level on your rifle and check it prior to every shot you will probably observe that your natural cant is not consistent.

...and (with practice) it does get better over time.

My UM Tikka dovetail level may (or may not) be off by a degree (or three) with regard to the action, but it's torqued down solid and dead nuts to the reticle. That's all I care about.

 

[wind gypsy]

Is eyeballing good enough? Yes! Does it annoy the piss out of me when a week later I notice the 5ish degree offset from eyeballing for some reason?

So you can do focused eyeballing of it and mount it to look as plumb to bore as you could visually discern but then days down the road you know its canted just from shouldering and looking through your optic after the fact? How does that work?

 

[Marbles]

So you can do focused eyeballing of it and mount it to look as plumb to bore as you could visually discern but then days down the road you know its canted just from shouldering and looking through your optic after the fact? How does that work?

Well, I have days, weeks, months too look at it in various settings, rather than a few minutes in a single setting.

Eyeballing is rather flawed. The same flaws can make something set correctly look off. An extra 30 seconds spares a lot of potential annoyance for me and is much less effort than repeatedly reminding myself why it is good enough.

 

[Harvey_NW]

Well, I have days, weeks, months too look at it in various settings, rather than a few minutes in a single setting.

Eyeballing is rather flawed. The same flaws can make something set correctly look off. An extra 30 seconds spares a lot of potential annoyance for me and is much less effort than repeatedly reminding myself why it is good enough.
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When I purposely unfocus my eyes I can easily tell they're parallel, but when they're focused they look canted as hell. And now I can't get them refocused and feel cross eyed the night before rifle elk opener. Thanks.

I'll just aim for the right one, that's my dominant eye. I was good to 1,000 before season

 

[Mike D Texas]

If you mount a lot of scopes, the final level from SAC along with a plumb bob and flashlight works fast and accurate.


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