Thread: Help me learn and understand if you will

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yip what has already been said Rushy, Barefoot gave you the eye releif specs for your scope.

Adopt shootiing position (I recomend"shooting" slightly up hill as if you set "shooting" down hill and have to shoot up It can get real close to your eyebrow )

Look threw scope(on its highest setting) and slide back and forward. too far forward or back will have the veiw close in from the outside of scope. Go for the middel of those two points. You may or may not have to move your mounts on the rail (its on a rail?) to achieve the middel of the "eyebox" or eye releif range.

Make a note of its position fore and aft and sit it on a level bench or something on a flat part of the rifle, I use the mag bottom metal with mag removed but whatever will work to hold it plumb.
Sight some known plumb or level thing, water on horison, side of shed, that corner post you were so anal about getting perfect etc. and rotate scope till cross hairs are parrelel . check fore- aft and snug it down.

This is pretty rough compared to the shit some guys go threw to level there scope but its near enough for me to hit steel WAY past what i would ever consider shooting at a animal, and Iv only got a 308.

Generally you want the lowest mounts you can that still give your scope at least 3mm clearance from barrel, but you have an adj stock so go threw the same procedure again looking at the hight of your eye and the sight picture, if you pull back from the scope it will darken from the edges,when this happens it should be even all around the sides if not move your eye then you will see where you need to move your cheek weld to.

This is pretty basic but should have you seeing what your going to be shooting at least.

Thanks VC I will do that next weekend. Dark now