properly alinged on bloody thing,mine quite old prob not as flash nungs eh,but they worked n that all

 that all mattered i guess.

 Cheers Mike

 on our airguns today means higher mounts etc putting scope higher still above the barrel etc, and  harder

 to set up correctly eh!!

 The eye i think automatically seems to align cross hair to horizontly,and if bore not exactly vertical to 

 that horizontal will be canted to one side and as distance increases point of impact moves further to that

 side and can become a real issuse eh.

 i hace a scope ring now with built in level that works great for setting up my scopes now,i set rifle up now

 in rest ,adjust until its level using this ring,remove ring ,fit scope and align cross hair with a level line i 

 have marked on a wall,end result both rifle n scope perfectly aligned.

 the double rifle a real pain as botth barrels allso need be horizontal as. i use two cheap laser pointers one

 in each barrel and align lasers with horizontal line on wall,then mount scope and align with horizontal 

 line as well,works beauty as both scope n barrels are aligned horizontally.

 Before i figured this out for the doubles they were really difficult to get shooting right with a scope.

 cheers Mike

In plastic stocks I think it is not too good. Some rifles dont have any flat bit to balance a level on.

Next I mount the scope, after having optically centered the cross hairs, and then level up the scope using a spirit level sitting across the top of the elevation turret cap. Tighten the machine screws on the rings in a criss-cross pattern. Finally check the scope alignment using a plum bob with the rifle at the shoulder.

I also  check by eye that the vertical hair bisects the back of the compression tube exactly, and at the same time the ocular lens. 

Bang-- Bullseye every time. 

The Americans report aiming at a mirror and making sure that the vertical cross hair exactly bisects the muzzle. I got a mirror a while ago but have not yet tried it. Wet day so I will try it today.

Double rifle, I suppose that could be under and over or side by side. And one or each barrel just a little bit off perfect sight in.

 align cross hairs correctly to both bores which find important on this type rifle,but you get same effect

 i ended up with often using high mounts required for the big scopes many us use on air rifles that i ended 

 up with on double rifle only on double rifle its worse.

 If scope not square to the vertical line the barrel cross hairs will not be horozontal to bore,as the eye 

 bassically automatically levels the cross hair the barrel will end up pointing to one side,the rifle will be 

 canted to one side or the other,possible to sight rifle in,but usually only at one set distance as will then

 shoot to one side or other at other distances,we have am sure tryed other guys rifles and thought the

 scope wasnt aligned correctly i am sure.

 Effect is evan worse with double rifle due to having two barrels with bores some distance appart scope

 is aligned between the barrels,if scope not aligned to the horizontal of both bores,the effects when

 shooting get interesting for sure,as i found out,this rifle regulated to put both barrels at 50 yds into

 1inch circle,two groups approx 1/4inch apart which is normal grouping for this type rifle,but what i got

 was very different,because rifle was canted,left barrel was being twisted up and to left unknown to me at

 time,sighted using right barrel as allways did,got bang on,fired left barrel,shots went hi n to the right,now 

 thats not usual nor correct,never happened before,had me stuffed eh!!removed scope,shot rifle with open

 sights,was bang on,must be getting dumber as get older coz still didnt figure it out,blaming scope,but

 new scope,so unlikely to be scope eh!!but still hadnt sunk in DURRRR!!

 Took me 6 beers n lasers to figure it out wen got home and i shouldve known right away eh.

 Brought this up as had friend turn up while back with pcp rifle n large scope he couldnt get shooting

 as it shouldve,problem was exactly same as double rifle,scope not aligned correctly to bore,not first

 time found this problem caused otherwise very accurate rifles to have unexplained accuracy issuses

 when shooting at longer distances,and can rear its ugly head with the hi mounts we use for larger 

 scopes on our airguns today.

 Cheers Mike