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Leveling your scope
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<blockquote data-quote="msalm" data-source="post: 256122" data-attributes="member: 8863"><p>Now in most of the methods mentioned here, that I read anyway, it seems that everyone is assuming the scope reticle itself is mounted properly in the scope so they are in-line with the adjustments. Has anyone ever determined that their crosshairs were canted in relation to the adjustment movement??? I have a Mark 4 that seems to have this affliction. I spent a great deal of time leveling that bastard and from my 600 yard zero I can crank down to 100 yards and be shooting 4" to the left. I had a talk with a gentleman from Premier Reticles about this and he thought that was a common problem as the reticle in the Mark 4 is fitted in a keyway. Well the slot, or protrusion, on the reticle to fit that keyway has a little slop in it, and it was very common for the assembler to lock the reticle in the tube with it canted (the retainer twisted the reticle to one side of the keyway).</p><p> </p><p>So now I was thinking of getting my rifle locked down in a padded vise where the scope/rifle was perpendicular and walking the elevation up a plumb line at a distance and correcting the 'cant' of the scope by trial and error...</p><p> </p><p>Any thoughts on this?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msalm, post: 256122, member: 8863"] Now in most of the methods mentioned here, that I read anyway, it seems that everyone is assuming the scope reticle itself is mounted properly in the scope so they are in-line with the adjustments. Has anyone ever determined that their crosshairs were canted in relation to the adjustment movement??? I have a Mark 4 that seems to have this affliction. I spent a great deal of time leveling that bastard and from my 600 yard zero I can crank down to 100 yards and be shooting 4" to the left. I had a talk with a gentleman from Premier Reticles about this and he thought that was a common problem as the reticle in the Mark 4 is fitted in a keyway. Well the slot, or protrusion, on the reticle to fit that keyway has a little slop in it, and it was very common for the assembler to lock the reticle in the tube with it canted (the retainer twisted the reticle to one side of the keyway). So now I was thinking of getting my rifle locked down in a padded vise where the scope/rifle was perpendicular and walking the elevation up a plumb line at a distance and correcting the 'cant' of the scope by trial and error... Any thoughts on this? [/QUOTE]
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