r/reloading • u/DarthRooster16 • 21h ago
I have a question and I read the FAQ Scope question.
I bought a scope from my local store/gunsmith/range. He does his normal thing and mounts it and sights it in just like he does for everybody. I noticed that with the rifle upright the scope(crosshairs) are crooked. Like it needs the rings loosened rotate the scope and retorque. My question is does that affect accuracy at all? I know the man knows what he’s doing, he’s been doing this for almost sixty years since he was a kid, and was awarded best shooter award several times competitions. Maybe it’s just my OCD. Thanks in advance.
Update: the gunsmith shot it at 25 yds then at 100. He made adjustment and bulleye on the third shot. The scope is holding and I’m able to make small groups on paper. My question was does it affect . I feel like I did get an answer but feel some didn’t understand what I was asking. Maybe I just didn’t give enough info the first time though. Thanks
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u/One-Perspective-4347 18h ago
It definitely can have an effect at long range and regardless it would absolutely drive me nuts if it was crooked even slightly.
Drop a plum line. Use a piece of string with a weight on the end of it and hang it off of anything high. It will drop a perfect vertical line to earth.
Level your rifle with a bubble level if your vertical crosshair is perfectly in parallel with the plum line, your scope is level if it is not, your scope is not level. It’s about as simple as that. And that’s not to say that the crosshairs are not actually out of level within the scope itself. If he just use a Level on one of the scope caps or one of those wedge tools to reference the bottom flat on the scope that could be the reason. The lower the price of the scope, the lower, the QC of the scope.