What tools do you use to mount your scope

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If you have a pic rail on your gun, and a flat base on your scope turret, nothing beats the Spuhr scope leveling tool.

Simple, quick, and impossible to not be perfect. Assuming your scope is good enough quality to have a 100% perfect square reticle installed in the tube.

No need for kits with attachments and levels and all that madness.
 

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I finally used something similar to that and now I am able to hitr the target! I shot groups of 3 and then adjusted the scope and right now I do not know how to do it more accurate because there is Human error and sometimes I hit the center other times I hit close... so I need to practice more and more to be sure but.... ammo is expensive
 
Screwdriver, and...if you mount a low power variable and your rifle has a front sight then just put the scope on the lowest setting (you should be able to see the barrel and the front sight) and align reticle down the center of the barrel to the front sight.
 
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I don't trust cheap bubble levels, many of them are not accurate, and when using them on a narrow rail, the accuracy can be even worse. If you want to know if the scope is canted on the rifle, without specialized tools, hang a weight on a string set the rifle in a cradle or on your rest and bags, and look through the bore and center the string in the bore. Then cant the rifle until the crosshairs are also on the string. If the scope isn't canted, the vertical crosshairs should be in line with the string. This is at least as accurate as the cheap levels that come with the mounting kits. I also use a lapping bar to check contact on the ring surfaces. The alignment bars with pointed ends can be misleading, as the points can be perfectly aligned , even with ring misalignment. I am a red seal millwright, so aligning equipment was an important part of my job, and lining rings, isn't a lot different than aligning coupling halves.
 
A torque screwdriver is a must! I like to get my rings lapped and will give it over to my gunsmith for that. But for mounting, remounting or having to take apart the rig for cleaning for whatever, the torque screwdriver is critical so you don't over torque the scope and damage it (18 in/lbs in the scope & 27 on the mount screws and that's it).
 
I use a torpedo level as others have said, push the rings forward so the cross bolts is resting against the slots then after finally getting everything secure and actually still level I will shoulder the gun with my eyes closed pointed at the furthest door or window trim possible and open my eyes to confirm "natural" shouldered level.

People shooting competition long distances probably have a bubble on their rings but for most of us it's not going to matter much if it's a hair off as we will likely not be holding it perfectly level anyways.

Bore sight if possible, or large cardboard at short range as Hoyt suggests, or rough sight in on a dusty dirt berm with something to aim at and watch for the cloud of dust..... :)

Then you have to figure out what you want it zeroed for.
 
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If you have a pic rail on your gun, and a flat base on your scope turret, nothing beats the Spuhr scope leveling tool.

Simple, quick, and impossible to not be perfect. Assuming your scope is good enough quality to have a 100% perfect square reticle installed in the tube.

No need for kits with attachments and levels and all that madness.
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Awaiting delivery of the Arisaka version, which lacks the rib, so you can use it on weavers as well. Also bought the scope jack from fixit sticks (they have lots of handy little scope tools and torque limiters etc).
I was going to get the spurh, until I saw the Canadian dealers price, ouch.
 
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