Thread: Wheeler Tools

I have the Wheeler Fat torque wrench and can recommend it certainly for its pricepoint. I was lucky I got mine off EBAY - lately though I haven't seen any that will sell to NZ. My set also came with some useful tips which I have added other sizes to including grinding down some larger tips to exactly fit screws – nothing worse than ill fitting driver tips that end up slipping out of the slots.

I also picked up a torque wrench from Torpedo 7 when they had them on special (they don’t seem to list the now though). I coupled the Torpedo 7 and the Wheeler together (like 2 torque wrenches shagging) and found them almost exactly in agreement. This of course doesn’t necessarily mean they are accurate…..just they agree.

I wouldn’t be tempted with the digital Wheeler but that is just my opinion, I have nothing to base it on.

Re there scope leveler – a fundamentally flawed concept. It relies on the turret cap being true to the reticle. I have only one scope that is absolutely spot on and that is my old NF NXS. The horizontal cross hair is parallel with the turret and the vertical hair is plumb with the turret. All confirmed using an expensive digital level and a plumb bob and string.

Of my other scopes the Leupolds are not bad although one has the crosshairs not at 90 degrees to each other. Hard to see by eye but picked up with the level and plumb Bob arrangement.

Once I got to my cheaper scopes they were all over the place. Also some turret caps by their shape don’t have much surface for a level to sit on.

Also to set the Wheeler barrel clamp level up you need to reference off somewhere on the action. I have set up scopes for mates and was amused to find that a level put across the rear dovetail didn’t always agree with the front – pretty astounding considering they are milled together. The other method I have seen recommended is to attach the bottom scope rings to the dovetails and put a level across them. In my own experience, generally woefully out. Maybe OK on super expensive rings.

For my F Class stuff I take a lot of care and align the scope centre thru the barrel centre in conjunction with a plumb bob to align the vertical crosshair.
I use a tool similar to this -

EXD ENGINEERING VERTICAL RETICLE INSTRUMENT | Brownells

For shorter range hunting set ups all of above is a bit anal.