How to Set a Scope on a Gun

Video Transcript

"If you find yourself in a position sometime, where you need to mount a scope on a firearm rifle or shotgun, we are going to go through a little of the basics how to do it so that you can do it by yourself, and be comfortable, and confident that you have got it done right. First thing you need to do is determine that you have a rifle or shotgun that is capable of having a scope mounted to it. If you look at the top portion right about here you will see this one has four small screws two in the rear, and two in the front. Two here, and two here that lets you know that that long gun is capable of easily mounting a scope to it. Get a small enough screwdriver, and just begin to remove the screws one by one take them out, and set them aside. You can put them in a little plastic bag if you want to, to save them in case you decide to take it off, and make the gun as original. Once you have done that then you need to get the scope bases that are designed for your particular firearm. They have different spacing in there so make sure when you go to the gun shop to buy them or Wal-mart or wherever you make sure you have the make, the model, and caliber of your firearm so you get the right ones. They mount on like this. The screws provided with the bases go in the holes. Just screw them on good and tight. And one of the things I suggest use a little blue lock tight on these just a touch, just a drop. Don't use too much, because it can get down in the action, a little hint. Just a touch, screw these guys down tight, let them sit for a little bit, and now you have got your bases in place. These are done. Next step is take the set of rings, and these rings are designed to fit right on the bases, and they screw in tight. We don't use lock tight on these. They snug up nice and tight. Take the other one, and you can see there is a little notch right in here this bolt fits in the notch. Holds over light that, you tighten them up, we use a fairly large screwdriver to snug those up. Not hard enough to break them. That gets them solidly mounted. Then take your scope, set it in the rings, you will get the top portion the hold down piece of your rings, that fits right down on top. In each position you hold it down, take the screws, put the screws in all four holes. These particular ones have four holes some have two. Put them in here, just get them a little bit snug, and just barely snug them down don't get them real tight for this step. Important thing to remember when you start tightening these screws up they don't have to go all the way down to fit flush. If you try that you will break the screws. Those top covers may not go all the way down to the bases so don't try to tighten them up too far. You will do the same thing with the front. We are not going to do right now, and then what you need to do, and even that is almost a little bit too snug. You will put this on too just barely snug. What you want to do is be able to rotate this scope left and right a little bit. And this is very particular to each individual you have to bring the rifle up to your shoulder, and make sure you are not pointing it at anything dangerous, anything that could get hurt even though you are sure it is empty. And you hold it up, look through it as you would hold it if you were going to shoot it, then you will rotate the scope left or right, bring it back up again until for the way you hold that rifle that's up and down, vertical line is true. Straight up and down. Then hold the little guy in place, and snug these screws right up. You also want to make sure that fore and aft you have a full view through that scope. If you are looking through the scope, and you see that you are looking through a very small hole you may need to move it closer to you or a little farther away. So that is the reason you leave these loose. A little forward and backward, bring it up again, hold it, make sure it is comfortable, your cheek fits well on it, and you can see through the whole entire round view point that you have."