[John Rogers]

I was wondering how you mount the scope? Do you just "bolt it on" or do you use something like the Weaver scope mounting kit? I use one even on my black powder rifles mainly on mine it is just the levels as my Unertl scopes have external adjusting rear mount so the mount "points" can not be used.

At our range nearly every semi-auto or bolt action rifle shooter seems to just bolt the rings on, even the one piece ones and figure they are true and both rings line up? They also assume that the cross hairs are plumb and there are no stresses on the barrel section of the scope? They are usually amazed to have found out that there is more to mounting a scope! The long range shooter or semi-professional hunters usually have a gunsmith check and mount everything and seldom miss.