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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 3053857" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>I have bore sighted rifles using the bolt out method for decades. Even on levers etc you can come pretty close by sighting down the barrel from behind the scope. However, I do have a "Laser Thingy" that I use when mounting scopes at home to get a quick reference for left right and up down alignment, especially when mounting scopes on rails. Works really well for telling you if you need adjustable bases, or Burris Signature Zee rings to get the windage centred and to tell you if you have enough vertical to zero at 100 with an MOA rail under the scope. Before lasers we had the Bushnell type bore sighter to perform that function, but they were large and clunky.</p><p></p><p>If the laser isn't working well for some of you then you either have a poorly made laser, as in the beam is off center in the tool, or you don't have it centered in the bore properly. Mine has Calibre specific tips to align it. If the laser is in the centre of the bore, and the center of the laser holder, then it has to be at least as accurate as looking down the bore. A laser projects a perfectly straight beam, it can do nothing else but hit on the target right at where the bore is pointing. I never take the laser to the range because I don't need it there, but to say they don't work well I find hard to understand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 3053857, member: 26077"] I have bore sighted rifles using the bolt out method for decades. Even on levers etc you can come pretty close by sighting down the barrel from behind the scope. However, I do have a "Laser Thingy" that I use when mounting scopes at home to get a quick reference for left right and up down alignment, especially when mounting scopes on rails. Works really well for telling you if you need adjustable bases, or Burris Signature Zee rings to get the windage centred and to tell you if you have enough vertical to zero at 100 with an MOA rail under the scope. Before lasers we had the Bushnell type bore sighter to perform that function, but they were large and clunky. If the laser isn't working well for some of you then you either have a poorly made laser, as in the beam is off center in the tool, or you don't have it centered in the bore properly. Mine has Calibre specific tips to align it. If the laser is in the centre of the bore, and the center of the laser holder, then it has to be at least as accurate as looking down the bore. A laser projects a perfectly straight beam, it can do nothing else but hit on the target right at where the bore is pointing. I never take the laser to the range because I don't need it there, but to say they don't work well I find hard to understand. [/QUOTE]
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