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Setting up a scope square?
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<blockquote data-quote="royinidaho" data-source="post: 123347" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>Skip,</p><p></p><p>Been pondering the same thing for the last little while. I finally have a rifle were the scope "must" be exactly square w/the bore.</p><p></p><p>Here's how I solved it after a few iterations.</p><p></p><p>1) Made a plumb bob (cartridge w/a knotted string through the primer hole and a bullet inserted into the neck.</p><p></p><p>2) Destroyed a cheap spirit level (bubble) to get the bubble device out of it. Layed the bubble thinger on the scope mount.</p><p></p><p>3) hung the plumb bob w/a thumb tack in the center of a door way.</p><p></p><p>4)Set the rifle as far away from the string as the house would allow (it was night time plus the wind messes things up outdoors).</p><p></p><p>5) Leveled the rifle then set the scope parallel to the string.</p><p></p><p>I suppose that I will find the weakness of this process as I extent my shooting out towards 1K but it sure seems to work pretty well.</p><p></p><p>The next thing I did was drill a hole in the bottom of a scope ring the proper size to glue the bubble thinger into and mount that on the scope. I should be able to look at the level and get any cant out of the rifle as I make my shot.</p><p></p><p>Twas kind of fun to do and is much better than lining up on the utility pole behind the house.</p><p></p><p>Hope this gives you some ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="royinidaho, post: 123347, member: 2011"] Skip, Been pondering the same thing for the last little while. I finally have a rifle were the scope "must" be exactly square w/the bore. Here's how I solved it after a few iterations. 1) Made a plumb bob (cartridge w/a knotted string through the primer hole and a bullet inserted into the neck. 2) Destroyed a cheap spirit level (bubble) to get the bubble device out of it. Layed the bubble thinger on the scope mount. 3) hung the plumb bob w/a thumb tack in the center of a door way. 4)Set the rifle as far away from the string as the house would allow (it was night time plus the wind messes things up outdoors). 5) Leveled the rifle then set the scope parallel to the string. I suppose that I will find the weakness of this process as I extent my shooting out towards 1K but it sure seems to work pretty well. The next thing I did was drill a hole in the bottom of a scope ring the proper size to glue the bubble thinger into and mount that on the scope. I should be able to look at the level and get any cant out of the rifle as I make my shot. Twas kind of fun to do and is much better than lining up on the utility pole behind the house. Hope this gives you some ideas. [/QUOTE]
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