Bore sight a .22 ?

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I was curious if anyone here bore sights their .22 when installing a scope. I have always just stuck them on and went to sight them in. Would their be any advantage to bore sighting other then a closer zero to start ?
 
I don't think it really matters with a rimfire, although I do it with the bolt rifles out of habit. Probably save myself 25 cents.:D

Edited to add: I don't have/use a bore site, I thought you meant yank the bolt, and look through the barrel like I do on the centerfire rifles.
 
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even if you do the worst job installing the scope, stand 15 yards from the paper and fire 3 shots. then adjust. then move back 25 yards, and 50 yards+ to fine tune. The .22 rounds are so cheap you don't need to worry like me, when i just tuned in the rifled 870 with a 5 pack of copper solids @ $18/pack of 5.
 
I was having issues with my scope and it was a lot easier to see if the issues were being fixed with a bore sight than driving out to shoot it.

If you have a bore sight for a .22 then you might as well use it. If you don't then it would be cheaper to buy a brick.
 
I wish I could have used a bore sight on my Fabarm when sighting it in before I realized that the front blade was ALSO adjustable !!!!! That cost a few slugs and a sore shoulder.

I figured as much with the .22, I have been using drywall scraps a a target holder for sighting in as the plaster makes a great " poof " and you see right away where the bullet is hitting. It also is good stress relief from the renovation headaches
 
well, i have an universal boresighter and let me say IT SUCKS

i group about 3inches away from where the laser points
but then again its only the small 35.95 bushnell boresight with 5 adapers, from 22 to 12ga
 
luftmech said:
their be any advantage to bore sighting other then a closer zero to start ?
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You answered your own question. That's the point of bore sighting - period. Some guys don't shoot their rifle after they've been bore-sighted, but I'm of the opinion that it's a bad practice to trust a bore sighter. No knowledgeable shooter would tell you that bore-sighting only is good enough to take into the field.

Here's food for thought...You have a bore sighter, why not use it? It's time you get to spend fiddling with your rifle and not scrubbing the toilet or vaccuuming for the wife?

Hell, I do both of the other things and still find time to bore sight any rifle I install a scope on!
 
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