Newbie scope question

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Just a quick question from a newbie:
Last night, I paid $70 for a cheap Simmons 3-9x scope from Cabelas for my Marlin 60. I liked the Simmons at the price point because it was one of the few silver scopes (I have the pretty Marlin 60 in stainless with the grey laminated stock so a black scope will look ugly). Not the best criteria, I know.

In any case, they mounted and bore-sighted the scope for free, which is a nice service, but when I got it home, the crosshair is not 100% level. It is probably off by 2 or 3 degrees.

Is this "normal"? Should I take it back?

I have always had ironsights (my dad was a traditionalist) and this was my first foray into optics. I don't want to look like an idiot complaining about a trivial thing on a very cheap scope.

Thanks, everyone.
 
Not hard to fix this problem yourself. Just loosen the ring screws and rotate scope so it is perfect for you. Tighten screws and go shoot. Even if the crosshairs are not perfectly level it won't matter at 22lr range.
 
Thanks for the replies!

Suputin said:
What looks straight or not to you may not be exactly how it is mounted on the rifle.

By what standard are you determining the crosshairs are not straight? Holding it up to your shoulder and looking through it is by far the least reliable method.
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I'm just holding it up to my shoulder. What's a better way?

Gillshot said:
Not hard to fix this problem yourself. Just loosen the ring screws and rotate scope so it is perfect for you. Tighten screws and go shoot. Even if the crosshairs are not perfectly level it won't matter at 22lr range.
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Cool. If I just loosen the ring screws and rotate the scope, will I lose the boresight? The challenge is that I won't be able to shoot it for a couple of weeks yet until I'm out in the BC wilderness for the weekend. I'm not a club member here, don't know the crown land too well here, and don't feel suicidal enough to go to homestead. So I won't know how it shoots for a couple of weeks yet - which could be too long to take it back to Cabelas for a redo.
 
Put the rifle up in a vice and place a level on the scope base till you get the rifle itself level. Then place the level on top of the elevation turret. That way you can see if the scope is level to the rifle.

It is very common for a level scope to look canted when held up to the shoulder.
 
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