Alright gents so I want to talk about why we use float levels on sniper rifles now
back in the day in 15-20 years ago we never had a float level any bubble level
anything out of sniper rifles now we were taught in school Sniper school you
know rifle has to be has to be level has to be level have to be level but they
really never got in deep into the weeds on just how important it is now we worry
about making those exact wind Corrections you're making sure that
we're not a you know a half minute angle off half minute angle you're talking
half an inch at one football field away right we're talking about you know even
when we talk about a whole minute of angle that's only three inches at 300
meters okay but we worry so much about our wind calls and we never worried
about the can't on the gun and the reason for that was most of the time we
were shooting on a range of flat range most of your sniper ranges are known
distance sniper ranges they're very very flat the berms are completely level and
you could just level your crosshairs on the top of that berm the guns were
always level now where that really bit us in the ass was now when we're up in
the mountains in Afghanistan there's no level lines if you're up fighting in the
mountains how do you make sure that that crosshair is completely level with the
horizon right no uh-uh yeah well it doesn't make that big of a difference
well actually it really does now the trajectory of your bullet everybody
knows that okay comes out the barrel goes up Rises comes down and falls down
into the target max ordnance we all got all that picture it coming towards
towards the bad guy comes out of the end of the gun it goes up curves and it
drops down into the target now that's fine gravity is doing all the work but
if I can't that gun even just the degree which it's easy to get two three four
degrees now that bullets going out is it going to curve back down
like that no it's not going to go out and it's going to dogleg back in the
other direction so what we didn't realize was back then if we had a couple
of degrees of Kant in the gun when you're out shooting at six seven eight
hundred meter target on the unknown distance ranges I'd very uneven terrain
that we pull the trigger and if the guy missed by four feet we just figured
while either the spotter gave a really bad wind call or the wind shifted but we
never thought that maybe had nothing to do with a bad wind call maybe the actual
shooter had his gun candid and it would not need to be candid very much at all
to make that much of a mess at that distance so anyways we've seen the error
of our ways and now that guys are deathly accurate about this we've got to
have the gun level every shot accurate shooting at distance is all about
consistency so what we use now on our guns our float levels this particular
one right here is made by horse vision it's got a angle indicator on the side
and then it's got a really small float level on the top okay
this other one over here on this other gun it's made by flat line ups it just
has the bubble level now people would say well this version is better because
it's got the angle indicator yes and no here's the deal if I'm having to worry
about angle down onto the battlefield I can calculate that once and I don't have
to worry about it for the rest of the shots that I'm taking in that area
however every time I pull the trigger I have to make sure that gun is level I
have to make sure it's a level so me personally I prefer the flat line ops
one it's called the acculevel covert this one's at 34 millimeter version the
reason why I like it is it lays nice and flat you see it's leveled nothing
sticking out on the gun okay but and it's readable like that but also what
you can do is you can actually flip it over to the side and now even with my
eye behind that ocular lens of the scope I can still see the level off the side
of the gun so if I was to flip it to the side
here even shooting it right-handed I can see that
all right left shooting it left-handed I can see that I so I heard someone say
what's well you know there's a potential there for that thing to be off no not
really another reason why I like this one here
by flat line ops is it's it's you can zero it it sounds weird but isn't
important to have your level completely horizontal also yeah it is
so level the gun when you first put that scope on then level your float level
once you get it on there the cool part about the flat line ops version is it
has a micro adjustable screw underneath here comes with the allen wrench to
adjust it which levels this up and down to make sure that it's completely
horizontal with the cross line uh cross hairs and there's there's another one
the on the opposite side of the gun right here that would do the same thing
make sure that it's level so you don't have to keep messing with it
on the gun once you set that puppy in and you lock tight it all down this is a
338 Lapua brother this thing's going to rattle your teeth loose lock tight
everything but once it's set this thing you can still do micro adjustments on it
when it's in this position and then again in this one
so anyways um so that's a that's the skinny on why we use a level and these
are two examples of levels other other are there other types yeah and honestly
I really don't care which which model which brand you you go to what I care
though is I putting all these accessories on the gun on the guns
aren't just for looks alright don't add the extra weight if you don't need it
but I'm here to tell you it is very important to make sure that that gun is
level it's all about consistency and you've got to make sure that gun is
level every shot that you take alright so that's it for float levels on sniper
rifles if you've got any questions or comments leave them below