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Correctly mounting a scope on a rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 289120" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Pete,</p><p> </p><p>I have actually never mounted a scope like this. The last time my scope was mounted, it was moutnted by the guys at store where I bought both my rifle and NF scope. They used a couple of different levels and a scope zero tool and did a fair job (I watched the whole process). The next time I mount a scope, which should be fairly soon, I will do it just like I described to you.</p><p> </p><p>Not sure what you mean by "seated close to alinged"? Here are my thoughts on it... the closer you can get your bore to the plumbline, the less error you might incur by eyeballing the plumbline's disection of the bore. i.e., if your muzzle was right up against the plumb line, you would have virtually no error in plumbing the center of your bore. If you could focaus your scope enough to adequately see the plumbline to this close distance you could extremely close to aligning your windage reticle to the center of your bore, if not dead on. You would also plumb the reticle in the process, making it perpendicular to the bore.</p><p> </p><p>When doing the shooting test. I would fire at least 3 shots on zero and 3 shots at 20 MOA (or more) high, to make sure that if there is a descrepency, it is not the single bullet which might be a little off.</p><p> </p><p>Hope this helps,</p><p> </p><p>-MR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 289120, member: 11717"] Pete, I have actually never mounted a scope like this. The last time my scope was mounted, it was moutnted by the guys at store where I bought both my rifle and NF scope. They used a couple of different levels and a scope zero tool and did a fair job (I watched the whole process). The next time I mount a scope, which should be fairly soon, I will do it just like I described to you. Not sure what you mean by "seated close to alinged"? Here are my thoughts on it... the closer you can get your bore to the plumbline, the less error you might incur by eyeballing the plumbline's disection of the bore. i.e., if your muzzle was right up against the plumb line, you would have virtually no error in plumbing the center of your bore. If you could focaus your scope enough to adequately see the plumbline to this close distance you could extremely close to aligning your windage reticle to the center of your bore, if not dead on. You would also plumb the reticle in the process, making it perpendicular to the bore. When doing the shooting test. I would fire at least 3 shots on zero and 3 shots at 20 MOA (or more) high, to make sure that if there is a descrepency, it is not the single bullet which might be a little off. Hope this helps, -MR [/QUOTE]
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