pidevildog07
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Anyone ever use one to level say an acss raptor reticle?
Anyone ever use one to level say an acss raptor reticle?
Best way to level reticle is to hang a plumb bob from something, then in your normal shooting position, with your normal hold, adjust the reticle to be in line with the plumb bob.
When shooting, the reticle must be level with the WORLD, not the rifle.
Chad recommended a similar method to me a while back and linked this article.
Of course how do you know if your workbench or basement floor is level?
I feel like this has been covered before ad nauseum. The rifle must be leveled to the planet then the scope is leveled to the rifle. The plumb line is a good way to do things but I have had good luck with the wheeler level and verifying with the plumb line. If your rifle axis is not plumb with gravity and then you will have issues at longer distances. If you are leveling your scope for shots inside of 300 yds, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
There are some good videos from Snipershide that dispels the gravity planet orientation thing and goes with the cant that you are comfortable with. If you have an adjustable stock it's not an issue. The chassis on my Tikka is adjustable for LOP, cheek weld and cant.
Getting a bubble level will help you a lot as well. If your rifle is level, your scope and bubble are level and you hold the rifle level you will be in good shape.
but only if that is the way you are comfortable holding your rifle. My most comfortable shooting position both off hand and off a bench my rifle is canted very, very slightly. I prefer the scope adjusted to be plumb with the way I actually hold the rifle, rather than needing to rely on a bubble level to see that the rifle and scope are held perfectly level. For long range match shooting a bubble level and scope/rifle held perfectly plumb are almost certainly a better way to do it. Hunting though, not the best way to do it IMHO. Plumb to how you hold the rifle is the way to go.
That said, in field conditions hunting it likely doesn't matter. Even with a 300yd shot, the difference between my natural hold and plumb, supposing the scope was setup for plumb to the world and not plumb to my hold is probably going to mess up my POI by just a couple of inches. Its a very small difference.
There are some good videos from Snipershide that dispels the gravity planet orientation thing and goes with the cant that you are comfortable with.
I would like to know as well because that's what the plumb bob method was all about. You're not fighting gravity dude.