Squaring crosshairs

[Nontypical234]

Sometimes it takes me hours or days to adjust my newly mounted scope so that the cross hairs are verticle and horizontal. Is there a tool that will do it exactly? The gunsmith that I talk to said to just eyeball it.

[MOTurkeyTamer]

Hi NT234!
I am like you, it seems it takes forever to get the crosshairs on my newly mounted scopes "just right". I use the eyeballing technique also. But I have seen a gadget that is made just for this purpose although I've never tried one. It is the Segway Reticle Leveler.

I've always threatened to buy one of them, just haven't ever done it!

[Vapodog]

Ideally, the crosshairs should be square with a rifle held correctly....and by this I mean the line between the barrel and the scope should be perpendicular to the level of the ground.....except of coure for off center mounted scopes.

Accuracy levels are visual only...I've never found a need for a gauge.

[bigbulls]

I was going to suggest the exact same thing TurkeyTamer did.

You simply place the bar on top of the base and run the rubber bands under the rifle. Now just rotate the scope until your cross hairs line up with the lines on the tool.


Cheap and simple.

[LeeinVa1]

The problem most people have when they mount a scope is they have the crosshairs all lined up perfectly just before they crank the screws down tight on the mounts, this will twist the scope towards the screws everytime, either leave the scope a little off center before you tighten down the screws or get good mounts that have screws on each side of the scope mount.

[diyj98]

That Segway Reticle Leveler works like a charm. I've used one to put on several dozen scopes over the last few years.

[oldelkhunter]

That is one operation that will really wear my patience thin...I have a sedgeway leveler and the one that Stoney Point makes and I swear I still can't get them to my liking. I have been trying to get the vertical crosshairs to bisect the bolt evenly and that seems to help but it still takes a lot of tries to do this.

[mlaubner]

I love the challenge of scope mounting. Own the reticle leveler and think I have found a better way to accomplish this task. For me, the reticle leveler played tricks on my eyes.

Start with your gun in a gun vise or similar device then employ the use of: 1 torpedo level and 2 line levels.
The torpedo level is placed on a flat surface of your gun vise for reference
A line level is placed on your scope rail to be sure your gun is level in the vise and the last level is placed on the elevation turret (cap removed) of your scope.
The crosshairs are square to the turret. Level the top and screw it tight.

I have since bought a scope level that attaches to weaver type rails that I now use instead of the first line level, but the line level is less expensive.

[oldelkhunter]

Mlaubner..I need to try that out