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Post by bula on Jul 16, 2019 9:05:48 GMT -5
A nephew asked about bore sighting the other day. I've always lived where I can shoot and enjoyed the trigger time, so have never looked at, considered bore sighting devices. I'll ask you fine folks for your opinions.
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Post by contender on Jul 16, 2019 9:43:08 GMT -5
Well, I have a few different sets myself. In fact,, I have a spare set, from Tasco, NIB,, I don't need. I use them to set scopes & align things to allow me to not waste ammo setting something up. But, as always,, it's a tool used to set things up,, NOT to be used as a precision adjusting tool where you set it w/o actual shooting.
All too often I hear how a guy buys a gun & scope, gets it bore sighted at the shop, but never actually shoots it.
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Post by squigz on Jul 16, 2019 9:51:57 GMT -5
I've been using the same Bushnell set my dad bought back either in the 70's or 80's. Has 3 rods that will work for .22 up to .458 and even a special one that will do our 50 caliber in-lines.
We use them to sight in and just get on the paper and we go from there, they work great. After getting a 100 yard zero, we put the bore-sighter back in and make a note as to where the cross hairs are on the grid for that load, so if we ever bump, drop or do something with the gun, we can go back and check the location of the actual sight in against the grid for a piece of mind in a pinch.
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Post by bula on Jul 16, 2019 10:01:59 GMT -5
Thanks guys. Contender, if that is an outright offer ? Will pass word to nephew. He is in NW 'burb of Richmond Va.. and get back to you.
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Post by bradshaw on Jul 16, 2019 10:12:43 GMT -5
A nephew asked about bore sighting the other day. I've always lived where I can shoot and enjoyed the trigger time, so have never looked at, considered bore sighting devices. I'll ask you fine folks for your opinions. ***** I bore sight bolt action and single shot rifles on the sandbag, target generally @ 100 yards. For total unknown rifles, I prefer to fire on paper, often offhand, at 10, 15, 20, or 25 yards, and go from there. Scope ZEROI always start a scope with reticle zeroed. A scope is reticle-centered at the factory. Thus, a new scope should has elevation and windage centered. I always re-ZERO a take-off scope before shooting the handgun or rifle to which it is mounted. Measure distance to target, to anticipate subtention for 100 yards. (Example: four 1/4” clicks=1” @ 100 yds; sixteen 1/4” clicks=1” @ 100 yds.) I do it this way to MEASURE adjustment required to move scope to Point of Impact (POI). Years ago an engineer at Leupold explained to me the optical discomfort which results when a crosshair is moved far from the center of the lens column. Light bent through a series of lenses may make you queasy. Garbage glass is of course the worst. David Bradshaw
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Post by bula on Jul 16, 2019 10:19:46 GMT -5
Thank you. He grew up in NW Ohio when we used mostly slug guns. Then he went off to Fla and didn't hunt for some years. Now he is in Va., and back to hunting and picked up a Ruger 450 Bushmster. Think it came with a scope, package deal.
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Post by gator89 on Aug 12, 2019 8:50:26 GMT -5
Thank you. He grew up in NW Ohio when we used mostly slug guns. Then he went off to Fla and didn't hunt for some years. Now he is in Va., and back to hunting and picked up a Ruger 450 Bushmster. Think it came with a scope, package deal. I have a Laserlyte brand bore sighter, works great to get on paper. Bula, your nephew missed out on some good hunting time in FL. FL has lots of public land. Some old time FL families have sold their property to the state for conservation and created outstanding opportunities for folks to hunt. Goethe State Forest, Half Moon Ranch, Babcock Ranch, plus many others were places I could only dream of hunting 40 years ago. While FL does not have the Midwest type white tails, the state record non-typical is hanging in the Bass Pro Shop in Tampa and it scored just over 200 B&C points and was killed on public land in Pasco County. More wild turkeys now than when I was born 58 years ago. Plus, the dang hogs are thicker than rabbits.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 12, 2019 9:43:03 GMT -5
I shoot mostly bolt actions, falling blocks, and Contenders, so this works for me.
I set up the rifle on a bipod with a bag under the butt and pick an identifiable target. I look down the bore from the breech end and center the bore to the target, then, without moving the rig, look through the scope. I adjust the scope to center on the target. This takes a little back and forth and re-centering the bore as the gun moves when you adjust the scope. The process is more precise the smaller the caliber, but with some practice and care it can be done on larger bores. This gets me on paper at 50 yards and the rest is shooting.
Agree with finding the optical center of the scope as Bradshaw mentioned. It takes a minute, but it's the better method optically and usually saves you time bore-sighting assuming your rings and bases are true.
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Post by AxeHandle on Aug 13, 2019 6:08:45 GMT -5
Had a shooter put some sort of bore sighting tool into the muzzle of his 556 AR a couple of weeks ago. Worked well until he fired the rifle with the tool in place... Got lucky and did not completely destroy the rifle.
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Post by gator89 on Aug 13, 2019 7:30:01 GMT -5
Had a shooter put some sort of bore sighting tool into the muzzle of his 556 AR a couple of weeks ago. Worked well until he fired the rifle with the tool in place... Got lucky and did not completely destroy the rifle. I use my laser sighter at home, not at the range.
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Post by bushog on Aug 13, 2019 19:44:41 GMT -5
waste of $$..
Take the bolt out and look down the barrel with a target at 50yds to start.
Move crosshairs so on target when target is seen through barrel.
Fire round at the same distance.
Go from there...
Nuff said....
Just read taterhead's post and he says it better than me but same process...
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Post by gator89 on Aug 14, 2019 3:54:37 GMT -5
I have used my bore sight tool to install red dots on handguns, align the laser on my wife's revolver, an RMR on a semi-auto turkey shotgun and numerous scopes on various rifles within the comfort of my man cave.
This is not a right or wrong issue, just a matter of preference.
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