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The Basics, Starting Out
Setting up a scope square?
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 123416" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>I've used several scope leveling devices and never found them to be much good. Here is what I do:</p><p></p><p>Mount the rifle on a solid bench at the range. Level the rifle, removing any cant, by whatever means is available on your rifle. Leveling the bottom of the forearm on a varmint/target rig is easy but you may have to use the centerline of the buttstock or place a level on a makeshift bridge which spans over the chamber and rests on the stock.</p><p></p><p>Once the rifle is cant-free, I take a 3' level and place a solid black vertical (or horizontal) line on a rigidly mounted target backer @ 200yds. Rotate the scope until the crosshairs match your black line exactly. You will have to recheck to assure that the gun is still cant-free before you completely secure the scope.</p><p></p><p>This procedure is faster than it sounds and has worked well for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 123416, member: 313"] I've used several scope leveling devices and never found them to be much good. Here is what I do: Mount the rifle on a solid bench at the range. Level the rifle, removing any cant, by whatever means is available on your rifle. Leveling the bottom of the forearm on a varmint/target rig is easy but you may have to use the centerline of the buttstock or place a level on a makeshift bridge which spans over the chamber and rests on the stock. Once the rifle is cant-free, I take a 3' level and place a solid black vertical (or horizontal) line on a rigidly mounted target backer @ 200yds. Rotate the scope until the crosshairs match your black line exactly. You will have to recheck to assure that the gun is still cant-free before you completely secure the scope. This procedure is faster than it sounds and has worked well for me. [/QUOTE]
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