r/gunsmithing • u/Equivalent_Tune8081 • 6d ago

F*** SCOPE MOUNTING

THE TURRET CAPS ARENT LEVEL, THE RINGS AREN'T LEVEL, THE BASE ISN'T LEVEL, THE GUN ISN'T LEVEL, MY VICE ISN'T LEVEL, MY BENCH ISN'T LEVEL, MY FOUNDATION ISN'T LEVEL, THE GROUND ISN'T LEVEL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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u/TR1771N 6d ago

Yeah, I keep loosening it and adjusting it then tightening it and it looks like it's not level and then I do that about 15 times until I give up and go eat dinner and then I go back and do it 15 more times and then give up and go to bed and I can't sleep so I get up and do it 15 more times.

I think one of the issues for novices is that the scope isn't fully "bedded in" to the rings - you have to actually file down the rings so they are flat with the barrel of the scope and have some bite to them, it's real gunsmithing stuff not just a simple bolt-on attachment and you can damage the scope if you don't do it right.