Scope/Rifle Cant Rant...

[Dmay]

There's poetry if I ever heard it....

I see Wheeler has another scope-leveling device, with one level that clamps to the barrel....etc.....again presuming that a level on top of the scopes turret is perpendicular to the elevation axis of the reticle.
Am I missing something, or do we keep over-thinking this level-level-level business?
I keep wondering why somebody doesn't make a bore-sighter with a level on it, calibrated to the "reticle" inside?......or perhaps a "pendulum" inside the bore-sighter. Then all ya do is level the rifle (scope base), and level the bore-sighter. Align the elevation line of the scope reticle with the bore-sighter...should be perfectly level.....not?

 

[gwilder]

There's a device for workshops called a TiltBox, which is made under other names, that I'm going to try for this purpose because I have one.

For shop use, you put it on the machine table and hit the zero button. Level doesn't matter. Then you put it against the cutting surface, usually a blade that the inset magnet can cling to, and set your angle as referenced to the table. Perfect angle setup to a tenth of a degree.

For a scope, just clamp the rifle more or less level and set the device on the scope base or lower half of a ring. Hit the zero button. Place the scope in the rings and position it, put the device on the turret, and when it shows 0.0 tighten the rings. Perfect, and you didn't even have to level anything.

 

[kombayotch]

Am I missing something, or do we keep over-thinking this level-level-level business?

It sounds like you're relying too much on those devices. At the end of the day, regardless of what device or technique you use to mount the scope and anti-cant device (level), you still need to run a box test. It will ensure that the ant-cant device that is mounted to your rifle is actually square with the reticle, and that the click values on your turrets are accurate and what they are supposed to be.