Bore sighters

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I'm new to optics and am wondering about bore sighters. What ones are good what ones suck, And what one is the best bang for the buck? Hows the tasco laser one and the types theat stick into the front of your bore with an adapter. Should I get a laser one or something like the leopold one (I think thats some kindaq non laser one).
 
a cheap $40 magnetic bushell sighter will get you on the paper every time. once i'm on paper sighting only takes a few rounds. works for me.
 
You know of anywhere here in the vancouver area where I can get one of those bushnel things? sound kinda of like the leopold one except not 92 dollars.

Still as well are the laser ones any better somehow or wil lthey both produce the same result?
 
Your eyeball will do just as good a job as any boresighter that you can buy. Set the rifle in a cradle - a cardboard box with notches cut in opposite sides will work. Remove the bolt. Wiggle the cradle until you can look through the bore and centre an object in the bore. Adjust the scope until it is aligned on the object. For enhanced precision, place an empty deprimed case in the chamber. This won't work with rifles if you cannot look through the bore from the breech. Don't do this in such a manner that passersby might see the muzzle protruding from a window.
 
Ok thanks guys....I'll try that box thing for some of my rifles that sounds cool. But I will need some kind of boresighter I guess for my ruger 22 pistol, I got a red dot scope for it.
 
Your eyeball will do just as good a job as any boresighter that you can buy
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So are you usually within six inches of dead center at 100 yards looking down the barrel?I usually am that close or closer with my cheap bushnell boresighter.Over the years ,it has more than paid for itself in ammunition savings.
 
Yup. I have used a Bushnell arbor type boresighter extensively in my business, still have it, eyeball boresighting not being practical at the shop, and your experience is WAY better than I and my customers observed using the Bushnell. Further, I won't put the little expanding fingers on the arbor into any premium barrel.
And as Levi Garrett has suggested, fire one shot and go from there. Starting close - 25 yds helps, too, if you can't bore sight.
An optical bore sighter is most useful if a scope is to be removed and then remounted. Record the setting in the collimator, and then when the scope is reinstalled make sure the setting is the same.
 
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Just remember , and yes some folks mess this up, think of your adjustments as a screw your screwing into a piece of wood. For elevation want POI to go up ,un screw the dial, is you want POI to go left ,screw it in(now on the windage dial). Remember that and things will go great.:D or you could look at whats marked on the dial ,LOL..:D
Frank
 
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