Scope alignment

[Hendrix's rifle]

As above, what's the best way to level the cross hair to the rifle? I can't get it absolutely bob on since the last time and I'm getting frustrated with it now. Any advice on the best way?

[wymberley]

This might sound a tad alakefic but it's really quite accurate. You need a bench/table of some sort, a seat and the wall of a convenient house.Stand the rifle on a bipod so it looks to be upright and pointing at said wall. Keep it steady and with the scope mount screws quite loose, rotate the scope so that the hairs run parallel with a brick mortar line. Gently tighten the screws so that the scope would rotate with just a bit of effort. Collapse or remove the bipod and mount the rifle using the table as an elbow support and 'wring its neck' - rotate your hands in opposite directions - this has the effect of ensuring that the rifle is as near as damnit vertical and check/adjust until the hairs are as previously. Tighten the screws in stages checking that nothing has moved until you give them the final nip. Recheck. I'll be very surprised if that doesn't work to your satisfaction - well, unless you're trying to shoot through the eye of a needle at 1000 yards.

[kyska]

I wouldn't use a brick mortar line my house.

 

Do as above, but suspend a plumb line with blue tack from the ceiling...if your floors are straight

[Savhmr]

I usually set the rifle up on a bench or table, then take some masking tape, a length of cotton thread and a small weight. I make up a bob-weight, then tape the cotton to the top of the butt plate, exactly on centre. Then align the stock so that the plumb-bob is dead central down the butt plate. Once I've done that, I set a small circular bubble level (a few pounds from ebay) on top of the scope elevation cap and gently adjust the scope in the rings until the bubble is centred. Rings then tightened and levels re-checked, job done. You can also replace the plumb-bob idea with another small bubble level placed across the picatinny rail if you use one. My Tier One mounts already have a bubble level installed, so all that is needed with those is to place another small bubble level on the elevation cap.

[wymberley]

I wouldn't use a brick mortar line my house.

 

Do as above, but suspend a plumb line with blue tack from the ceiling...if your floors are straight

Having spent a few weekends in Newtown Linford I take your point.

[telf]

i now use BKL mounts and have a BKL level that screws into the side of the mounts,so level the gun using that then small level on the turret cap,bobs your auntie job done,works perfectly for me

[figgy]

Just get a sheet of A4 paper line the center line of your stock up along the edge of the paper hold it there and look through the scope twist until the cross hairs line up with the edge of the paper. Videos of how to online.

[Dunkield]

Stand a long spirit level up on it's end and line the vertical hair up the side of that.

I have mini level with a magnetic base to make sure the rings/rifle are horizontal before I start.

[steve_b_wales]

I remember watching a video on Youtube(I think) where a scope was set by lining the vertical crosshair on a shadow cast by a plumbob.

[Old farrier]

Never even thought of half of this stuff normally just screw it on turn it a bit and hope for the best 😊🤗

Then put a few down range

 

Works for me 😊

 

Although I don't long range shoot

 

All the best

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[Bewsher500]

like boresighting the further away the vertical reference line the better

 

I use the spars to the windows on the buildings about 100yds away

 

mount on bipod

small level on top of action

line up vertical cross hair to vertical reference line

 

using a level on the turret can be counter productive

it makes the assumption that the reticule is perpendicular to the turret top, the turret top is in fact level and that any of that is relevant to you seeing a vertical reticule!

[wymberley]

like boresighting the further away the vertical reference line the better

 

I use the spars to the windows on the buildings about 100yds away

 

mount on bipod

small level on top of action

line up vertical cross hair to vertical reference line

 

using a level on the turret can be counter productive

it makes the assumption that the reticule is perpendicular to the turret top, the turret top is in fact level and that any of that is relevant to you seeing a vertical reticule!

[joe soapy]

Assuming you have horizontal split mounts.... Slaken enough to slip a bit of stiff paper into each side , turn scope till

ret aligns with paper, simple

[Savhmr]

hy are you all so obsessed with external `vertical` when really, you want some kind of ceentreline consistency with the actual rifle that you will then hold vertically?

 

Precisely this

[Hendrix's rifle]

Cheers all, something to keep me busy

[cervusman]

I use a Tasco shot saver which lines the vertical crosshair with the line of the bore, easy.