Level is important, but for sub 12 airguns wind is WAAAY more important. Invest more in knowing the wind more than anything like level. If you want to make mid to long range first shot impacts every time (best for hunting)
I've noticed scope offset due to rifles having different widths of dovetail rail, typical example being BSA rifles which should ideally be used with BSA specific 13mm mounts but often aren't. Budget mounts and budget rifles can be a bit variable but a small amount of offset from centre isn't generally going to matter, a problem for me was the screws on a cheap mount were stressed unevenly from fitting the mount to a wider dovetail and a screw broke off when I tightened it.
See that in a lot of cheap mounts . Guess that what you pay to avoid in quality mounts ,makes me laugh sometimes when you see a grand and a half airrifle with a cheap 10 set of mounts holding a scope
@@fieldsportcymru4636 I put Sports Match mounts with my higher quality air rifles and had no problems whatsoever but I also enjoy shooting some entry level stuff and bought a budget friendly £60 Nikko Stirling Mountmaster 6x40 AO scope & mounts. The scope itself is okay, the mounts which came with it were the ones in question, they're a bit rubbish but still usable, I replaced the broken screw.
Exactly if your scope isn’t bang on level to rifle and you use hold over your shot will be off regardless of that thing being mounted to rail. At sub 12 ranges pointless imo
@@fieldsportcymru4636 ah yes - just looked on the MDT site and there it is (missed it the first time and only spotted the scope mount). To be fair, that’s another £40 or so making this quite a niche bit of kit for the ordinary shooter’s pocket.
