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Thoughts on shimming windage
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<blockquote data-quote="mrb1982" data-source="post: 1001900" data-attributes="member: 50419"><p>When you do this elevation test, at what point do you consider it "acceptable" so to speak?</p><p> </p><p>It seems it would be pretty hard to get rotate the scope the perfect amount to get it perfectly verticle. Is it as hard as it sounds?</p><p> </p><p>My plan is to check the alignment of how the scope is mounted currently with this alignment tool. If I have things aligned properly, then I am going to do a shooting test on it. If it isn't aligned properly, then I am going to square things up with the tool, then give it a try.</p><p> </p><p>When I mounted the scope, I was a rookie at it. I put a level on the rings, locked the gun down when level, then put a level on the scope turret, put the ring caps on. then with it still locked down, put the anti cant on. I think that this tool I have bought will be a little more accurate though. I am not confident with the way the old level I was using had to balance on the top of the turret. I am hoping this works better. This tool should also allow me to align the scope to the bore more accurately. Then if I need to cant the scope ever so slightly, it shouldn't be a problem. As long as my levels coincide, and my elevation travels vertically, life should be good I hope.</p><p> </p><p>The gun is a good shooting gun. Best group at 685yds was 3 1/8" so I was fairly happy with that. And I might just be making a bigger stink about this than needs to be. But I want to go back and check on this stuff a little to make sure it will track properly.</p><p> </p><p>We shot some antelope at 581 and 587yds this fall, but if I want to try to stretch it into the upper hundreds for yardage, I want to try to make sure that it is working properly. Because depending on how much cant it is, can make a pretty drastic difference at 1000</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrb1982, post: 1001900, member: 50419"] When you do this elevation test, at what point do you consider it "acceptable" so to speak? It seems it would be pretty hard to get rotate the scope the perfect amount to get it perfectly verticle. Is it as hard as it sounds? My plan is to check the alignment of how the scope is mounted currently with this alignment tool. If I have things aligned properly, then I am going to do a shooting test on it. If it isn't aligned properly, then I am going to square things up with the tool, then give it a try. When I mounted the scope, I was a rookie at it. I put a level on the rings, locked the gun down when level, then put a level on the scope turret, put the ring caps on. then with it still locked down, put the anti cant on. I think that this tool I have bought will be a little more accurate though. I am not confident with the way the old level I was using had to balance on the top of the turret. I am hoping this works better. This tool should also allow me to align the scope to the bore more accurately. Then if I need to cant the scope ever so slightly, it shouldn't be a problem. As long as my levels coincide, and my elevation travels vertically, life should be good I hope. The gun is a good shooting gun. Best group at 685yds was 3 1/8" so I was fairly happy with that. And I might just be making a bigger stink about this than needs to be. But I want to go back and check on this stuff a little to make sure it will track properly. We shot some antelope at 581 and 587yds this fall, but if I want to try to stretch it into the upper hundreds for yardage, I want to try to make sure that it is working properly. Because depending on how much cant it is, can make a pretty drastic difference at 1000 [/QUOTE]
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