Scope mounting is harder than it should be

[H.Gary]

I watched three YouTube videos, read the instructions and I am still not 100% sure I did it right. Rings are on, scope is mounted, but is it level? Is the eye relief correct? I don't know man. How many times did you mount a scope before you felt confident doing it?

 

[Slow dance]

It took me a few tries to get confident with using night vision. Bubble levels help a lot and after a while, you start to see mistakes faster. It's just like any other skill.

 

[hivel37]

Too high definitely not good.
Leave ring screws loose to adjust eye relief
to where its comfortable and you get full
picture. It should be on the money when you
bring it up. Somebody makes a leveling kit.
Not being a long distance shooter, I just eyeball it.

 

[Drycreek]

I mostly eyeball mine too. I was blessed with a vision that sees level or not. That came in mighty handy for me since I ran heavy equipment for the first half of my adult life. I usually hold my gun down so that I can see the reticule and my gun at the same time. If it looks good, it usually is. I do have the Wheeler leveling, system, but it doesn’t work on all guns.

 

[Raven]

A few years back I picked up the small magnetic set Wheeler was offering. Honestly its served me better than the more complicated ones. Two magnetic bubble levels. Works great.

 

[Mike6158]

Somebody makes a leveling kit.

Short Action Customs. It's a base with a picatinny rail. Level the base, hang a plumb line, rotate until the vertical reticle lines up with the string, tighten, cuss the stupid thing because tightening can slightly rotate the scope, sometimes, adjust, check tighten check, put it on the rifle. I have 3 rifles that I would go to that kind of trouble. 7mm Rem Mag, 338 Edge, 6.5PRC All hit decently at 1,000 yards but I wouldn't attempt to shoot game at that range.

Everything else - I use a level that has a picatinny rail mount and a level on top of the turret. Level the rifle, level the scope. Done.

 

[Stewie]

I messed up mounting scopes more times than I got it right at first