Best scope leveling tool?

[ThompsonPT]

I'm considering purchasing a scope leveling tool/kit. What are the best options and are they worth the money?

 

[jimbires]

my opinion , the tall target is the best .

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[Rhett Crider]

If you don't have the torque wrench-this;

WHEELER ENGINEERING ULTRA SCOPE MOUNTING KIT | Brownells

The Wheeler® Ultra Scope Mounting Kit puts all the best scope mounting accessories into one perfect package. With this kit you can level your rifle and scope, mount your scope to the rifle, and bore sight your scope with precision and accuracy. Th...

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If you do-this;

WHEELER ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL RETICLE LEVELING SYSTEM | Brownells

Professional Retical Leveling System: The Wheeler Professional Reticle Leveling System is a precision tool and technique designed to allow a scope to be perfectly leveled on any firearm with ease. CNC machining, factory adjusted calibration set sc...

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Or this and a plumb bob/string

TANGO RM 2.0 (NEW) | Flatline Ops™

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I use the Wheeler

 

[.gacton]

I like the Wheeler reticle leveling kit, also. Like to follow that with a tall target test. Level gets it very close, usually. Target test "tells the tale", as they say. JMO

 

[Rick Richard]

I level up the action, cinch it down where it can't move and use a plumb bob to get the reticle level.

 

[huntsman22]

you guys make this stuff way harder than it has to be...... the reticle-tru is all you need

align the bore to the reticle and then level. Done....

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[yobuck]

I just set the gun on the kitchen table so that it looks pretty plumb.
Then open the side door and align the reticle on the corner of the garage which is about 100' away.
I keep an orange target dot on the garage door and bore site on that after inserting an old case with the primer removed.
As for torque drivers, they only seem to be necessary with scopes having thinner tubes.

 

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[Brent21]

I have not used this but a friend of mine bought and used it and it's pretty simple.

 

[Of001]

I use my friend's plumb Bob, when I don't have it I use a level to put up the target and put a bubble level in the rail, just the plan old glass ones that aren't mounted in a housing. I found the plastics can deform over time (scratches and whatnot)

I did try out a shim system with fair success. Simular to this.

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I found mine for $5 shipped. Works great except on a very low action to bottom of scope dial housing? There just isn't space (Bausch and Lomb 4500 on a cz 457 in extra low rings) , and on rounded receivers. But you would have an issue finding a place for a level there too.

 

[Reelamin]

Well, I did the old school eyeball then a upside down T for verification for decades. I just finished my first one yesterday using the Wheeler reticle leveling kit. Yep, not one bit of difference for me from $55 spent. Still needed the upside down T to adjust and verify it was level. Now they have a name for it...Tall target test. Kind of like the torque wrench for setting base/ring screws. My calibrated torque fingers worked for almost 50 years with no issues at all. The first base I ever had come loose was with my you have to have a Fat Wrench Torque BS. Use my torque fingers today and seem to still be calibrated.

 

[K9TXS]

I use this on a flat surface with a plumb bob.

 

[TennJed]

I use this on a flat surface with a plumb bob.

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Pretty cool! Did you make it?

 

[K9TXS]

Pretty cool! Did you make it?

My gunsmith did. I had all the parts and told him what I wanted. The base is from a rear rest that I used some years ago. The center piece is an aluminum bar that was left over from another project.

Works really well.