boresighter kit suggestions?

I have the SL Lite Mag Laser 500. It's close to the top of the line and not cheap as it features a green laser. The kit is very complete and goes up to 12 Ga. Support through the manufacturer is excellent. I don't know how but mine got damaged. A quick note later is was repaired like new.

This system uses a heavy conical magnet with calibre sized rubber O rings. Excellent buy if you have multiple calibres. The kit comes with good instructions, aiming and zeroing guides and ballistic software.
 
I have a laser bore sight...did not like it. Later had a chance to pick up a Bushnell bore sighter...the old style with the arbors and the sighting "bell". Bushnell was better, dont even know where the laser went now, and dont really care to look...it was rather useless.

I would think the Bushnell is about $100, which will be more than a laser. 20 years from now the Bushnell will still be going strong and the lasers will be long gone to the landfill.
 
I've got the three arbor Bushnell bore sight kit as well.
No arguments here.
If one is careful and precise, usually only elevation is required for adjustment
on target.
Slight windage if it's windy out............ :D
 
kamlooky said:
I've got the three arbor Bushnell bore sight kit as well.
No arguments here.
If one is careful and precise, usually only elevation is required for adjustment
on target.
Slight windage if it's windy out............ :D
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I agree, the Bushnell professional bore sighter is a great piece of equipment. Mine has paid for itself in ammo saved for sighting in various rifle/scope combinations.
 
L
ook through the bore, line it up with the optic, take a shot at 25 yards, adjust, one at 50, adjust, then shoot for your 100 yard zero. I am typically about 5 shot, with my zero confirmed. I personally haven't had luck with bore sighting systems.
 
I still sandbag it, remove the bolt, look down the bore to a target I marked down the hallway. Then look thru the scope and make adjustment.
 
The Bushnell bore sighter with adjustable arbors, is far superior to any laser setup. Unfortunately, the three arbor set, only goes down to .22 caliber.
 
My interests include pistols so the laser set up has worked well for me. I use simple intersecting horizontal and vertical lines indoors for my first reference. I do so at about 30 feet indoors. I adjust for windage only indoors to get the laser dot and red dot or iron sight in the same vertical plane. The difference between the two usually tells me approximately I will have to adjust elevation as I'm zeroing pistols for 25 yards or less. There's a big difference between the quality of available laser devices. The Laser Lite is very accurate and gives repeating results which may not be so with the laser used in the chamber.
 
I have both the Bushnell magnetic and the Bushnell laser bore sighter. I use it for my semi, but otherwise I find I get better results with having my rifle on some sort of solid rest, remove the bolt and look down the barrel and focus on something 25-50 yards away, then look through scope and dial it in on same object . At 50 yards that usually puts me within 4 inches of my first shot. I find I can do it much quicker then getting out the bore sighter kit.
if I was buying one and had the cash I'd go with the Site lite 500 with the green laser because my understanding is you can see it on a target in sunlight at 100 yards ... Which would remove my 1st step at 50 yards
 
I recently purchased the Wheeler Pro Boresighter I think it's called. Green laser and magnetic. I don't think it's possible to get an easier to use boresighter. I like it. :)
 
sfx said:
I recently purchased the Wheeler Pro Boresighter I think it's called. Green laser and magnetic. I don't think it's possible to get an easier to use boresighter. I like it. :)
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I have the same one, seems to work quite well. It's done the trick for all my rifles so far, from .243 Win to .50 muzzleloader with no arbors to mess around with.
 
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