Level-indicating scope mount

摘要

A fixture structured to attach a scope to a rifle. The fixture includes a level-vial that is visible by a shooter who is substantially at a conventional horizontal shooting position. In such position, the bubble element of the level-vial is disposed below the scope, and at a location that is intersected by a vertical plane containing the centerline of the rifle barrel.

主权项

1. In a mounting fixture of the type including an elongate rail with a first side structured for removable attachment to a rifle and a second side providing a male dovetail for joining a scope to the rifle by way of a conventional scope-mounting ring, the improvement comprising:
a level-indicating element incorporated as a non-removable element of said rail; wherein subsequent to attachment of said rail to said rifle, said level-indicating element is disposed at an information-broadcast location at which a shooter of said rifle may visually obtain feedback regarding cant of the rifle on which said fixture is mounted while said shooter remains substantially in a conventional cheek-down horizontal shooting position.