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How Bad
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07/31/21 11:22 PM
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wp75169
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Of a NoNo. Still unpacking and I can’t find my plumb bob or even anything to make one.
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Re: How Bad
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#8337592
07/31/21 11:39 PM
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Go downtown to the RR tracks and grab up a rock and a piece of twine and cobble one together. Not heading that way or I'd bring one you could borry
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Re: How Bad
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08/01/21 12:04 AM
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You shooting 500 and in - you look level and good to go
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Re: How Bad
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08/01/21 01:58 PM
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J.G.
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Level the reticle, not the turret.
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Re: How Bad
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08/01/21 02:34 PM
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wp75169
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Level the reticle, not the turret. Yeah I know, just nothing to level it against at the moment. actually, I did unpack my levels last night, I can sit one on the back fence and shim it until it’s level.
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Re: How Bad
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08/01/21 02:48 PM
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Point the gun at a wall, (muzzle pretty close), and shine a flashlight through the scope, put level on the reticle.
Do not trifle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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Re: How Bad
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08/01/21 03:34 PM
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J.G.
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Level the reticle, not the turret. Yeah I know, just nothing to level it against at the moment. actually, I did unpack my levels last night, I can sit one on the back fence and shim it until it’s level. Or drive a nail in the fence, and hang the level or some kind of plum bob.
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Re: How Bad
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08/01/21 03:49 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Of a NoNo. Still unpacking and I can’t find my plumb bob or even anything to make one. I use a chalk line box most anyway. In theory you could use a big level edge as your line
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Re: How Bad
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08/01/21 04:29 PM
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Walkabout
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Your iPhone has a level in the compass mode. IDK how accurate it is.
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Re: How Bad
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#8338030
08/01/21 04:36 PM
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onlysmith&wesson
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Door frame, or the door if it's level and plum.
An unethical shot is one you take, that you know you shouldn't.
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Re: How Bad
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08/02/21 02:57 AM
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I’ve lifted a blind up off the window sill and used the strings in them Desperate times call for desperate measures. I broke down and bought the wheeler scope level it…now I do them in a vice.
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: How Bad
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08/03/21 01:03 AM
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Vertical blinds are good also.
Do not trifle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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Re: How Bad
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08/03/21 02:43 AM
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I use adjustable parallels to set the scope level.. one could also do the same thing with feeler gauges. I’ve proved both methods using the box tests etc, to insure they were straight up. This method only works with scopes built off the flats of the turret bodies like mark 4’s and nightforce’s and maybe the higher end vortex scopes
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Re: How Bad
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08/05/21 12:46 PM
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Buy one of these, they do what a $3000 level use to cost. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0793LFSP4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Huepar laser level on Amazon
They make ammo specifically for hunting for a reason!
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Re: How Bad
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08/05/21 01:04 PM
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I used a bunch of methods over time. Here is the latest. Won’t work in every situation but most times. https://store.fixitsticks.com/products/scope-jack
"Anyone taking up handloading necessarily plays with unknown factors and takes chances. But so does anyone who drives a car,goes to a cocktail party,eats in a restaurant,or gets married."
Jack O'Connor 1963
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Re: How Bad
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08/05/21 01:41 PM
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Huh, you're supposed to level your scope ??? learn something new everyday
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Re: How Bad
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08/08/21 02:31 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Chalk line box works really well.
I hung it in front of the white door
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Re: How Bad
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08/08/21 09:23 PM
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Judd
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Never seen that before, pretty cool.
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: How Bad
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08/09/21 11:39 AM
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Buy one of these, they do what a $3000 level use to cost. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0793LFSP4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Huepar laser level on Amazon I like this idea, going to get one. Like JG said, you need to level the reticle not the turret.
Joe
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Re: How Bad
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08/09/21 01:01 PM
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wp75169
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I wasn’t going to address this but as a group few of you read the damn post and just looked at the picture. I know to level the reticle, I was just not in a position to do so at the time.
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Re: How Bad
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08/09/21 01:51 PM
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So you were wanting confirmation your half azzed efforts were alright to do. And you didn't get that confirmation, because it isn't the right way to go about the process. Don't get pissed at us for you half azzing something. Do it right, or don't do it at all.
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Re: How Bad
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08/09/21 02:39 PM
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wp75169
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So you were wanting confirmation your half azzed efforts were alright to do. And you didn't get that confirmation, because it isn't the right way to go about the process. Don't get pissed at us for you half azzing something. Do it right, or don't do it at all. That almost a fair summary. I knew it was wrong, I just didn’t know how far off it potentially would be, so I ask. So half the people didn’t read the post and assumed I was a dumbass, then told me how to do it correctly. Which was pretty evident I already knew how. Although I did learn some new methods from the more constructive responses. At no point was I looking for confirmation that it was ok, just how bad.
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Re: How Bad
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08/09/21 02:57 PM
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Bubble levels are a method of last resort anyway, anywhere IMO.
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Re: How Bad
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08/09/21 03:00 PM
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J.G.
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So you were wanting confirmation your half azzed efforts were alright to do. And you didn't get that confirmation, because it isn't the right way to go about the process. Don't get pissed at us for you half azzing something. Do it right, or don't do it at all. That almost a fair summary. I knew it was wrong, I just didn’t know how far off it potentially would be, so I ask. So half the people didn’t read the post and assumed I was a dumbass, then told me how to do it correctly. Which was pretty evident I already knew how. Although I did learn some new methods from the more constructive responses. At no point was I looking for confirmation that it was ok, just how bad. Short answer, pretty bad. Had to re-level quite a few scopes that people placed a level on top of the turret.
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