Laser bore sight

[whatscooking]

Anyone bought and used a laser bore sight, looks like a good idea to me. Walmart has one for $42.00 and fits .22-.50

 

[Dawall]

They help get you on paper. Nothing is like shooting that particular round to zero it in. If you are not always scoping firearms, Then you would probably be better off with spending the money on ammo.

 

[L-W-R-C]

i have one and i love it, but you could probably find a cheaper one on the internet

 

[LOWE1600]

I bought one of those used it for a 308 and a 243 it worked well.

 

[rhino400]

I have one and as stated above its great for getting you on paper at a given distance. I would never bore sight a gun and then consider it sighted in though.

 

[ctomuir]

i got my ones from Midway , great for setup, but you still must zero in at the range.

 

[tv1217]

I have a SiteLite brand one around somewhere. The red dot is hard to see in the day outside and I have nowhere inside that's a straight 25 yd shot to use it properly. The green one is probably a better bet, you can probably see it outside. It comes with a username and password to download some pretty decent ballistic calculating software, btw. You input the caliber, bullet weight, scope height, and I think some other things and it print out a target with two aiming locations, one where you'll point your crosshairs and another dot underneath it to point the dot.(this location changes depending on where you set your zero distance in the software)

 

[44 MAGNUM SHOOTER]

Anyone bought and used a laser bore sight, looks like a good idea to me. Walmart has one for $42.00 and fits .22-.50

I used one to help zero my Green Laser on my AR and it worked perfectly. Check out EBAY for cheaper ones.

 

[mandolin3]

I agree with several of the other posters...a laser bore sight will save you time and ammo to get "on the paper", however, it will not zero your scope. I have found that patience, range time and ammo are the best tools for accurately adjusting a scope.

 

[newguyjosh]

Is this any better then just actually bore sighting the gun by looking through the barrel and aimiming it at a target then lining up the crosshairs of scope with this? I have had success with this method to get on paper with lever guns before.

 

[rockydog]

I use one on every new gun I put sites or a scope on. It saves tons of time, ammo, and frustration. I will never be without one.

 

[Lucion]

I think a laser is comparable to looking down the bore but not all guns have the ability to look straight down the bore. I would advise getting a universal laser vs the ones that fit in your chamber. Bought the chamber laser for my .308 then got the universal and did the rest of my guns.

 

[Scutter01]

Or go to an Appleseed shoot and learn to zero your rifle with five shots (or less) and no boresight!

 

[newguyjosh]

Zero in a new scope that could be way off to start with in 5 shots or less? I'd be impressed to see that...even more impressed if I could do that. It takes me more then that once I'm already on paper.

 

[Scutter01]

Zero in a new scope that could be way off to start with in 5 shots or less? I'd be impressed to see that...even more impressed if I could do that. It takes me more then that once I'm already on paper.

I watched 25 people do it (and did it myself) in April.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Hmmm... note to self.
1 Buy a boresight just to get the ballistics software...
2 Go to an appleseed...