7.62x39 laser bore sighter DO THEY WORK?

Yup, gets you on paper way quicker saves ammo, or pull the parts and bore sight looking thru the barrel. I have a .22, 9mm, and 762 laser bore inserts.
 
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I bought a NC Star 7.62x39mm boresighter. A complete piece of crap. On a sunny day there was no way I could see it at 25 yards on a target.
I could barely see a red dot at 5 yards. Just waste of money. May be, some other brand would be better but I got very frustrated and quit. No more boresighters for me.
 
Haven't tried them but I've often wondered if they are centered better than the bushnell one I have that gets pushed into the muzzle, the nice thing about it is it comes with adaptors for calibers from .22 to 12g. It gets me on paper easily but the laser isn't centered within the body of the sighter.
 
Really hard to see on a sunny day but as others have said when you can see them on the target they are not bad. Remember to take the batteries out or pop the little piece of plastic that came with the boresight back in to break the contact and stop the battery from draining.
 
I have one that you slide into the bore and as others have said you cannot see anything in daylight. When I purchased my boresight from Cabelas I also bought a small reflctive target that they sold. It is white reflective target about 5x7 inches in size with a grid pattern on it. It is the same as reflective tape as you see on cars and trucks etc. Guaranteed you will see the laser in any lighting conditions.
 
If you use the right sized inserts the ones that go in the muzzle work fine, I do find the actual cartridge breech ones better.

I will sight them in at dusk just easier to see, then when I go to the range the next day I am on paper.

Tend to sight my SKS in 20 yard zero, and my .223 50 yards, 9mm at 12 yards.

In the case of 7.62 fmj, the 20/200 zero is pretty much dead on, no different than the 50yd/250m zero is with .223.

These zeros seem to keep the impacts within a torso sized paper target out to around 200 yards.
 
randyhub said:
If you use the right sized inserts the ones that go in the muzzle work fine, I do find the actual cartridge breech ones better.

I will sight them in at dusk just easier to see, then when I go to the range the next day I am on paper.

Tend to sight my SKS in 20 yard zero, and my .223 50 yards, 9mm at 12 yards.

In the case of 7.62 fmj, the 20/200 zero is pretty much dead on, no different than the 50yd/250m zero is with .223.

These zeros seem to keep the impacts within a torso sized paper target out to around 200 yards.
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What brand is yours? Anyone recommend one that is fairly accurate? I've seem lots from offshore that are inexpensive.
 
These are my cheap Chinese .223, 762x39, and bore sight with inserts.

They work just fine for me and my buddys guns when mounting scopes.



 
randyhub said:
These are my cheap Chinese .223, 762x39, and bore sight with inserts.

They work just fine for me and my buddys guns when mounting scopes.



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Thanks , similar ones without the "shells", just plastic adapters are inexpensive( lowest @ $9.85 US) and seems to work according to utube, but accurate enough to get it on paper.
Saw another video on how to adjust these inexpensive bore sighters on a lathe, since I have a lathe, I may give it a try.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6vParz_IcM
 
Work great for irons but I prefer the proper bore system for scopes. Eats batteries for breakfast though. The ones you stick in the end of the barrel are less reliable, you get a different point if aim each time you stick it in the barrel, use only if you cannot get a chamber insert style.
 
A Laser that is set in the end of the barrel should be better than one that is the cartridge type setting in the chamber. The one mounted in the end of the barrel points where the end of the barrel is looking. A lot of bores are not drilled perfectly centered and chambers can be loose or misaligned . Therefore the laser which always emits in a straight line can exit the bore not centered to where the barrel is actually pointed. End of barrel set up is more reliable .
 
Either will put you on paper at 25 yards without wasting ammo, both work fine, but you can change the POI with the muzzle style by applying presssure whereas the cartridge one locks in.

I use both. :)
 
Exactly, they will both put you on paper at 25 yards, which is about as far as you can easily see it anyway. It's not meant to dial in the scope 100%, just to get you on target so you can shoot fine tune your poi.
 
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