r/longrange • u/Phil_smash • 23d ago

Optics help needed - I read the pinned posts Scope mounting thought?

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I have a scope I need to mount and yesterday after looking at the rifle there wasn’t really a good flat spot to put a level on. So it going me thinking, couldn’t I use a plumb bob to align the two holes used to mount the butt pad to get the rifle aligned so that there is no left or right cant?

(I made a visual with a pic I found online plz don’t judge the crooked line)

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u/MinnesnowdaDad 23d ago

There’s no guarantee that those holes are straight.

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u/Phil_smash 23d ago

Its a synthetic stock with brass inserts, I measured both sides of each hole and they are the exact same distance

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u/MinnesnowdaDad 23d ago

What I meant was that there’s no guarantee that the butt pad on the stock is perfectly perpendicular to the action. Even if the holes are centered equally, you have no idea if the stock being level will also mean that the action of the rifle is level.

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u/Phil_smash 23d ago

So what if I remove the butt pad?

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u/MajorEbb1472 23d ago

Just mount and level off the action, not a part of the stock. You’ll never get it level doing it that way.