thinhorn_AK
"DADDY"
Please pardon my ignorance, I’m struggling with a rifle set up here.
Normally, I don’t really do much long range shooting other than in the winter on my snowmobile, as such, most of my rifles are set up with basic scopes and 100yd zeros because 95% of the hunting I do is within 200yds.
I have a hunt coming up and the rifle I’m trying to set up just dosent seem right to me.
When I put the rifle on the Harris bipod and level it, level the scope, it looks ok but not perfect as far as the crosshairs being horizontal/verticle, it seems just slightly canted.
When I shoulder the rifle like I’m making an offhand shot, there is some serious tilt in the reticle.
I get it that when holding the rifle for an offhand shot maybe I’m tilting the gun but it seems really excessive, much more tilt than I’ve seen in any of my other rifles.
Should I set the rifle up so it looks good when I’m holding it offhand and then rely on a scope mounted level when I’m shooting off the bipod? Or should I mount it level when the rifle is sitting level and just tilt it when shooting off hand?
Sorry for the dumb question but this is actually sort of frustrating. I want to set it up right since it’s a dialing scope but I’m just not sure which way to go.
Again, I’m not really a long range shooter so I normally just set them up to look right when I shoulder them and move on.
Normally, I don’t really do much long range shooting other than in the winter on my snowmobile, as such, most of my rifles are set up with basic scopes and 100yd zeros because 95% of the hunting I do is within 200yds.
I have a hunt coming up and the rifle I’m trying to set up just dosent seem right to me.
When I put the rifle on the Harris bipod and level it, level the scope, it looks ok but not perfect as far as the crosshairs being horizontal/verticle, it seems just slightly canted.
When I shoulder the rifle like I’m making an offhand shot, there is some serious tilt in the reticle.
I get it that when holding the rifle for an offhand shot maybe I’m tilting the gun but it seems really excessive, much more tilt than I’ve seen in any of my other rifles.
Should I set the rifle up so it looks good when I’m holding it offhand and then rely on a scope mounted level when I’m shooting off the bipod? Or should I mount it level when the rifle is sitting level and just tilt it when shooting off hand?
Sorry for the dumb question but this is actually sort of frustrating. I want to set it up right since it’s a dialing scope but I’m just not sure which way to go.
Again, I’m not really a long range shooter so I normally just set them up to look right when I shoulder them and move on.