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    Rifle Scopes Tricks to mount optic perfectly horizontal?

    Re: Tricks to mount optic perfectly horizontal? justpete You are right. Having the linear center of the bore coplanar with the linear center of the scope is ideal and not easy to accomplish in the real world. Having that plane aligned with the pull of gravity is even more difficult to...
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    Rifle Scopes Tricks to mount optic perfectly horizontal?

    Re: Tricks to mount optic perfectly horizontal? Again, I think the critical point is that your vertical has to be in line with the center of your bore.
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    Rifle Scopes Tricks to mount optic perfectly horizontal?

    Re: Tricks to mount optic perfectly horizontal? Might be able to combine mounting and proving into a simple (relatively) procedure. Take your plumb line to the range. Make a vertical line on target using plumb line. Mark a horizontal line across the vertical. Place your rifle in a rest...
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    Rifle Scopes Tricks to mount optic perfectly horizontal?

    Re: Tricks to mount optic perfectly horizontal? Also, once you know that you are tracking perfectly, you can confirm your anti cant level by aligning your vertical with the plumb line and checking to see if the anti cant is aligned properly.
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    Rifle Scopes Tricks to mount optic perfectly horizontal?

    Re: Tricks to mount optic perfectly horizontal? If your crosshairs are not canted and are tracking correctly, is not the idea to line the vertical exactly with the bore of the rifle? I use a laser bore sighter with a lens that breaks the beam into a linear projection. I rotate the scope and...
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