Looking for scope alignment help

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Gang, I'm in the process of setting my new hunting rifle up. I'm needing someone that has a set up for ensuring that I have the scope reticle aligned correctly as I'm hoping to dial this rifle in for 400 to 500 yards.

I really don't think I have the right stuff here at the house.

Is there anybody in the Triad area that can help me out with this?

Many thanks in advance.

Ruffy

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Does your receiver have a flat spot on top? I just use a bubble level on top of the receiver (if possible) and a plumb bob made out of a piece of paracord with a brick tied to the end. Hung from a tree limb about 75-100 yards from my rest area. Here is a video explaining the process and the guy uses a piece of bar stock in the action to rest the bubble level on. That might be useful if you have a round receiver. http://dai.ly/x2ca729

E.T.A. I am a pretty good ways from the Triad area but I am more than willing to help if you want to drive down to the Pittsboro/Sanford area. My house is less than 10 minutes from Woody's and I am a member there, so for $35 range fees you can shoot known distance out to 500 yards after the scope mounting is done.
 
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I use a milling vise that I have carefully set up to be level. With the scope off the rifle, there should be a 12:00 flat place on the receiver. If there is a Picatinny rail that is/can be mounted all the better. Put the rifle in the vise and use a level to level the gun. Mount scope up to the final tightening of screws. Cape Fear has the idea from here. Hang a piece of thread in front of the scope far enough away to see well. Hang it on anything. Might need a brick but you need to weigh it down.

Or: http://chuckhawks.com/wheeler_level.htm
 
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I "cant" get it right. I level the rifle then point at the siding on an outbuilding. Tricky/tedious part is torquing the screws on the mounts. I use feeler gauges to make sure the gaps on either side of the mounts are equal.
 
bigfutz;n66183 said:
I level the rifle then point at the siding on an outbuilding.
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I have used this method before too, if you can be reasonably sure that the corner you are looking at is plumb. It is a whole lot easier to see than a piece of rope, that's for sure.
 
Cape Fear;66184 said:
I have used this method before too, if you can be reasonably sure that the corner you are looking at is plumb. It is a whole lot easier to see than a piece of rope, that's for sure.
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I'm looking at vinyl siding, so there's lots of horizontal lines - don't need to move things around to find a line.
 
Ruffinit;n66125 said:
Gang, I'm in the process of setting my new hunting rifle up. I'm needing someone that has a set up for ensuring that I have the scope reticle aligned correctly as I'm hoping to dial this rifle in for 400 to 500 yards.

I really don't think I have the right stuff here at the house.

Is there anybody in the Triad area that can help me out with this?

Many thanks in advance.

Ruffy

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Never mind the company as the following info is universal

[video=youtube;is1W9guDaX4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_121046&feature=iv&list=UUgKzxP5EahsXTO7NUnBJaWw&src_vid=Bb_lyFw6cJ4&v=is1W9guDaX4[/video]


[video=youtube;zpfCfgzpy80]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpfCfgzpy80&list=UUgKzxP5EahsXTO7NUnBJaWw&index=24[/video]

[video=youtube;Bb_lyFw6cJ4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb_lyFw6cJ4[/video]
 
A good way to check to make sure you have it correct. Large fresh card board, paste a 1 MOA target low on the cardboard, move back 100 yards, shoot a 3-5 shot group with your 100 yard zero. Then dial up to your 500 yard dope, shot another 3-5 shot group aiming at the same 1 MOA target (your group will be high but thats what you want). Hang a plumb bob and the the 2 groups should be completely vertical with each other. If they are not then your scope is canted. Make adjustments until you can get those groups completely vertical with one another.
 
I take issue with the first video above when it says to make sure the bottom ring is hard against the back of the slot in the rail before tightening the screw. It should be hard against the front of the slot since recoil would make the scope move forward relative to the rifle.
 
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