Hey, anybody use one of these to check their zero?
They aren’t that much $$…and you could use them for al of your rifles/pistols as it has the ability to go from .177 cal up to .50 cal.
or here…
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=195745
I was thinking if I got one, and checked the zero @ say 40 yds, then looked at the target through the scope at closer/farther distances maybe that would help with seeing how the scope lined up at the various distances, along with the green laser sight. Anybody here try that? Or have one that they would be willing to try it with, or send it to me to try it? 😀
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Kids. Meh.
walt
Never done that trick before.
I usually bore sight it as above, then shoot once or twice, then adjust the scope the appropriate amount of clicks (IE 1″ right = 4 clicks) and that seems to work.
Of course, the main reason I do this instead of the method above is I have no good way to lock down the rifle, so I’m sure I’d move it trying to adjust the scope. So clicks per inch works for me. 😀
At the end of the day though, you have to be able to shoot. If you tried the above method, but had a flinch and shot 6″ off of where you should have, and then sight it in like that, you’re gonna be way off. That’s why I find it best to shoot a 3 shot group instead of just 1 shot, and then adjust from the center of that group.
Then again, I’m not worried about “wasting” ammo either. I’ll probably send 100 more down the tube before I go home, so shooting a couple more times to sight in isn’t a big deal. 😀
Yup yup, ego is manic there. Firearms tend to attract a certain type sometimes, they get in the way of hunters and people genuinely interested in precision. I won’t put up with it, I just move. People who aren’t thinking enough to even be polite about their errors are probably going to get into trouble eventually. I don’t wanna be near him when he blows up.
walt
AFTER firing your first shot at 50 yds, move the rifle back to where it was when you pulled the trigger; don’t touch the scope; just put the crosshairs back to exactly where they were when you squeezed round 1 off.
When crosshairs are exactly back to point of aim, block in your rifle so it won’t move. Now while taking care NOT TO MOVE YOUR RIFLE, reach over or have someone else move scope adjustment until the crosshairs are CENTERED ON THE HOLE you just punched into the paper.
Bingo. you are now sighted in. Should be exactly sighted in at 50 yds and probably within an inch or two at 100 yds depending on scope height and round velocity. 1 or 2 shots to sight in…. pretty damn efficient method.
Saved me a bunch of ammo
aloha,
walt
Walt, I’m always amazed at just how many shooters don’t know this simple technique. Even seasoned shooters.
I’ve watched other wise experienced shooters use a crap load of ammo and time chasing the target. If you try to explain the technique to them, they think your full of shit. 😆
I’ve been cussed out more than once for explaining it. And even more so when the dis-believers see it being done. 😈
Way too much ego on the firing line. 😉
When we got the range, this method only JUST got us on the paper at 100 yards, it was a good 3 foot by 3 foot piece of cardboard.
Dave
bore sight, then shoot at near zero first, make adjustments, shoot far zero and fine adjust then.
On bolt guns peerig down the bore will get you on at 25 then go from there.
Gosh… 😳 thanks for the input guys…
Duh. forgot part 2.
AFTER firing your first shot at 50 yds, move the rifle back to where it was when you pulled the trigger; don’t touch the scope; just put the crosshairs back to exactly where they were when you squeezed round 1 off.
When crosshairs are exactly back to point of aim, block in your rifle so it won’t move. Now while taking care NOT TO MOVE YOUR RIFLE, reach over or have someone else move scope adjustment until the crosshairs are CENTERED ON THE HOLE you just punched into the paper.
Bingo. you are now sighted in. Should be exactly sighted in at 50 yds and probably within an inch or two at 100 yds depending on scope height and round velocity. 1 or 2 shots to sight in…. pretty damn efficient method.
Saved me a bunch of ammo
aloha,
walt
Never owned one. Or, rather, always had one so never had to buy one. It’s called YOUR EYE. It’s that thing in the middle of your forehead.
Me, I was born with a handicap, I have 2 of the damn things. So you take your bolt out, on the AF guns you remove the tank. Set up the gun on a solid mount so it won’t move, then sight in on something far away for a powdergun, or at your normal range for an airgun. Put the target in the middle of the rifle bore. This really is “boresighting.” Duh. Then just check the scope, and move it without moving the gun until what your bore is aiming at is centered in your scope.
I’ve never once taken a newly scoped rifle and NOT been on the paper this way at 50 yds. And by paper I mean 8 1/2″ x 11″. Why do people insist on depending on more appendages than they need? You got 2 arms and a brain; use ’em.
walt
Yep yep.
I had one once, don’t know where it is now. Just to see how close it was, I stuck it in a gun that was sighted in. It was several FEET off at 100 yards.
So now, don’t bother with the fancy toys like that. If you are really far off, take the bottle or bolt or whatever out, look down the barrel, and try to adjust the scope a bit. That should get you on paper, then just sight it in. Boresighters are a waste of money.
Knife, a gun store here does the same thing. I just shake my head and laugh to myself. To give them (whoever) credit though, most of the guys doing that can’t hit a barn with their rifle, so sighting it in would be a pain. Hard to adjust when you have shotgun-like groups. 😆
I’ve probably sighted in 10 rifles before at shooting ranges. People with their deer rifle basically hand it to me and ask me if I can sight it in for them. 😆 The nice guy I am, I help them out. 🙂
Yep. That’s about all they are good for.
I cant tell you how many morons I’ve seen go to the gun store and have they’re deer gun bore sighted before a hunt. WITH NO WORK ON A TARGET AT ALL!!! All the while the store owner or counter person saying, “This is all you need to do.” Yeah. Bull Shit!
And no. They don’t figure trajectory. 😆 😆 😆 rotflmfao 😆 😆 😆
thats all a bore sight is good for, gettin on paper
When I got a new scope on my bro’s .223, they used one of those to “Sight it in”
When we got the range, this method only JUST got us on the paper at 100 yards, it was a good 3 foot by 3 foot piece of cardboard.
Dave
Rather just shoot a pellet to find out.
Oh, yea, you’re right…
I get the idea, but the laser wont match the pellet’s trajectory because it doesnt have one so it wont correspond to anything.
Shooting pellets has always been my preferred method of finding out what my gun will do.
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