Please help. I need a small accurate bubble level that will set on a picatinny rail.

[mellow_c]

The title says it all.


I want a small yet accurate bubble level to set on top of a picatinny rail so that I can level the rifle. Then I can hang a thick dark string with a weight on the end against a white wall, and then use that to line up my cross hairs with. Or something like that


But I cant find a small accurate bubble level anywhere!!! They are all like toys and inconsistent in quality.

There are bubble levels out there that actually ATTACH to your picatinny rail, but I doubt their accuracy as they probably end up moving as you tighten them down. That's why I want one that's small that I can set on top of the rail.

In this video the guy is using a red level on the rail with an elastic cord that looks promising, but I've searched everything I can think of with internet search engines and cant find anything like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiRwWlXf0Do

Please help. If you guys know of anything at all, please let me know.

 

[surveyor]

You may find something by wheeler engineering.
http://ads.midwayusa.com/s?targetLocation=%2F_%2FN-696%2B4294965797%3FNp%3D2%26Nr%3DAND%2528p_visible%253A1%252Ccustomertypeid%253A1%252Cad_safe%253A1%2529%26Nrpp%3D24%26Ns%3Dp_metric_sales_velocity%257C1%26Ntpc%3D1%26Ntpr%3D1

 

[burrhead]

Go to your neighborhood hardware store and get a torpedo level. That's what I use.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Empire-True-Blue-9-in-Professional-Torpedo-Level-EM81-9/100122761

 

[Snyper]

Get a "machinist's level"

 

[4V50 Gary]

You don't need a bubble level.

Get two wires and place them on top of the rail.

Look at the wires from a distance against a horizontal background. You'll see if it's canted.

 

[Don P]

A short money level here at, https://www.lowes.com/pd/Swanson-Tool-Company-Line-Surface-Standard-Level/1006369

 

[Snyper]

Then I can hang a thick dark string with a weight on the end against a white wall, and then use that to line up my cross hairs with. Or something like that

Or you could use the door frame or a window frame, or the corner of a building which should be plumb and level

Or you could eyeball everything and come just about as close as worrying with levels.

 

[Jim Watson]

Two gunsmiths of my acquaintance get a lot of use out of this little level, square, and angle. They have to, it isn't cheap.
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-t...e-sku080000211-20412-43527.aspx?sku=080000211

But Snyper is right. I lay my scopes by eyeball until they LOOK right. Might not look right to you, though.

 

[mellow_c]

Thanks everyone for the great suggestions. I ended up finding what I was looking for. I asked brownells customer service and they found the one from the video for me.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/537916/ctk-precision-all-purpose-gun-level

I could only find it on Amazon and at Midway so I got it from Midway because shipping was a little less.

$30 out the door.

Way to go brownells for finding a product for me that they don't seem to offer!

I'm going to start shooting at longer ranges some day (500-1000 yards) just for fun. So I figure I should do my best to be sure my scopes are all aligned with my rifles as precisely as I can manage.

Thanks again!