Country Bumpkin
Well-Known Member
I have broken my collar bone, my shoulder blade and separated my shoulder (all my right shoulder - I'm right handed). My shoulder sags and I'm pretty lopsided.
I find myself taking too much time setting up for hunting shots because I spend so much time fighting the scope level. My gunsmith is telling me that I don't NEED my rifle and scope to be perfectly aligned with one-another (as in I can lay down and get comfortable with my rifle, then have a friend twist the scope until it is plumb to the world). This means that my rifle is now canted to the right and my scope is plumb/level to the world - and I'm comfortable and not fighting anymore.
I don't agree that this is the right approach. I have a 20 MOA rail under my scope. My thoughts are that if the rifle is canted and the scope (pointing down 20 moa) is "level", then the further shot I take, the further left I'm going to hit.
Who's looking at this wrong, me or him?
I like not having to fight the level, but I'm confident that once I find the right load and stretching further shots, that I'm not going to be hitting in a vertical pattern.
I find myself taking too much time setting up for hunting shots because I spend so much time fighting the scope level. My gunsmith is telling me that I don't NEED my rifle and scope to be perfectly aligned with one-another (as in I can lay down and get comfortable with my rifle, then have a friend twist the scope until it is plumb to the world). This means that my rifle is now canted to the right and my scope is plumb/level to the world - and I'm comfortable and not fighting anymore.
I don't agree that this is the right approach. I have a 20 MOA rail under my scope. My thoughts are that if the rifle is canted and the scope (pointing down 20 moa) is "level", then the further shot I take, the further left I'm going to hit.
Who's looking at this wrong, me or him?
I like not having to fight the level, but I'm confident that once I find the right load and stretching further shots, that I'm not going to be hitting in a vertical pattern.