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Reticle Perpendicularity by Darrell Holland
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1320358" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>I border on the verge of neurotic when it comes to scope alignment, and the use of a scope level for LR shooting. Whether for hunting or the tactical sports there are shooting situations where even the best eye will have trouble achieving a level rifle position without a level. I like the Holland and Flatline scope levels. </p><p>While I have tried the system of adjusting the angle necessary to compensate spin drift I found that the crooked appearance when mounting, then correcting with the level, was distracting compared to just the checking glance of the trued bubble level. Out to my 1200 yard hunting max, spin drift corrections are easily corrected from memory or handled by the BC.</p><p>I have tried the various devices over the years and found that using the simple/cheap Wheeler level kit to match the action, scope turret, and scope level for the last dozen or so rifles were perfectly aligned when tested on a plumbed tall target at 100 yards. As has been mentioned, the biggest watchouts are to confirm that the top of the scopes elevation turret is perfectly perpendicular/parallel to the crosshairs; and, that the verticle crosshair is aligned with bores centerline. While testing on a plumbed tall target it is also a good opportunity to confirm the accuracy of the scopes click values.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1320358, member: 10291"] I border on the verge of neurotic when it comes to scope alignment, and the use of a scope level for LR shooting. Whether for hunting or the tactical sports there are shooting situations where even the best eye will have trouble achieving a level rifle position without a level. I like the Holland and Flatline scope levels. While I have tried the system of adjusting the angle necessary to compensate spin drift I found that the crooked appearance when mounting, then correcting with the level, was distracting compared to just the checking glance of the trued bubble level. Out to my 1200 yard hunting max, spin drift corrections are easily corrected from memory or handled by the BC. I have tried the various devices over the years and found that using the simple/cheap Wheeler level kit to match the action, scope turret, and scope level for the last dozen or so rifles were perfectly aligned when tested on a plumbed tall target at 100 yards. As has been mentioned, the biggest watchouts are to confirm that the top of the scopes elevation turret is perfectly perpendicular/parallel to the crosshairs; and, that the verticle crosshair is aligned with bores centerline. While testing on a plumbed tall target it is also a good opportunity to confirm the accuracy of the scopes click values. [/QUOTE]
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