Okay, so I saw this sweet thread on how to align my reticle with just two cheap bubble levels and a plumb bob by elfster123. I rush out this morning and buy all the supplies and strip everything off my rifle down to the base. I decide to check the level of the base first and find two different bubble locations at front and rear of the base... Hmmmmmm..... I switch bubble levels and find the same result. I then loosen the rear screw and ta da!!! MY BASE NEEDED TO BE BEDDED!!!! Cool, so although my rifle shot around 1/2 moa. before I figure maybe I can squeeze some more out of it! So off I go again to gather the supplies to bed the base, JB weld, WD-40, Play Dough etc... I come home and get to work, and it came out great especially for my first time doing this. BUT..... after all is said and done and I'm admiring my sweet workmanship I notice while looking down the length of the rifle the base looks crooked. The rifle is an OLD Remington Model 7 with only 3 holes for the base. (was one of the first of these rifles from 1983) I have a match barrel and PTG bolt with their bottom metal and a Murphy Precision stainless base (everything the best I could find or have made for this action) And like I said it shot very well. But if it is not aligned will this hurt? And how? I checked my scope to see if the windage was adjusted more to one side than the other and it is but not by much (3 turns to right stop, 2 1/2 to left stop) Its a Nightforce 5.5-22x50 mounted in Badger M-40 steel rings, the ones with the Max-50 in the front and regular in back.
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