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<blockquote data-quote="Doug Herold" data-source="post: 1548850" data-attributes="member: 102658"><p>[ATTACH=full]117546[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]117547[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>James,</p><p>So glad to receive your post. Very timely. Yesterday I was working with my son's rifle. It is a Cooper Timberline chambered in a 6.5-284. I am shooting 54.5 Gr of H-1000 in it. A light load. The scope is a Nightforce NXS 5.5x22. I used the Wheeler kit to mount the scope: level on the lower rings, match the level with a clamp-on level at muzzle for reference. The bubble is a Vortex Lo Pro slimline.</p><p>The first grp I shot was horrible. I was using a cheap bipod...prone. Nxt group ( not shown)was with a Huskemaw tripod... still unacceptable horizontal & vertical string. The third grp (shown) was with bags on forestock and solid bag at rear. What I began noticing was that the very slightest variation from EXACT center of the level would throw my poi (looking through the glass) off considerably. I began to concentrate on that bubble being in the exact center (at a micro level). You can see what it did to my grp size. SO, my question is: Is the Vortex Lo Pro Level inadequate? ... In a hunting situation I can't spend seconds making sure the level is perfect to the ultimate degree. I have an Atlas bipod. Should I put a rail mount on the bottom of that Cooper?</p><p>Anyway, this has driven me nuts. You would do my wife a big favor if you can help me solve this horizontal string problem.</p><p>Thanx,</p><p>Doug</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug Herold, post: 1548850, member: 102658"] [ATTACH=full]117546[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]117547[/ATTACH] James, So glad to receive your post. Very timely. Yesterday I was working with my son’s rifle. It is a Cooper Timberline chambered in a 6.5-284. I am shooting 54.5 Gr of H-1000 in it. A light load. The scope is a Nightforce NXS 5.5x22. I used the Wheeler kit to mount the scope: level on the lower rings, match the level with a clamp-on level at muzzle for reference. The bubble is a Vortex Lo Pro slimline. The first grp I shot was horrible. I was using a cheap bipod...prone. Nxt group ( not shown)was with a Huskemaw tripod... still unacceptable horizontal & vertical string. The third grp (shown) was with bags on forestock and solid bag at rear. What I began noticing was that the very slightest variation from EXACT center of the level would throw my poi (looking through the glass) off considerably. I began to concentrate on that bubble being in the exact center (at a micro level). You can see what it did to my grp size. SO, my question is: Is the Vortex Lo Pro Level inadequate? ... In a hunting situation I can’t spend seconds making sure the level is perfect to the ultimate degree. I have an Atlas bipod. Should I put a rail mount on the bottom of that Cooper? Anyway, this has driven me nuts. You would do my wife a big favor if you can help me solve this horizontal string problem. Thanx, Doug [/QUOTE]
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