The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Best type of bore-sighter?

Guyon · June 29, 2002, 12:57 AM

I'm with CR Sam on this one. Bore sights are a waste of cash IMO.

Go to Wal-Mart and spend $20 on a Case-Guard Gun Maintenance Center. Or get a decent gun vise. Both work great for holding a gun steady while cleaning or while sighting in.

Set up the gun in your vise and remove the bolt. Look down the barrel towards some distant object. I set up on my kitchen table and look down the street at my neighbor's mailbox. It's white and shows up easily in the barrel. Center the object in the barrel. Then without moving the gun (thus the need for a vise of some sort), align the crosshairs of your scope on the center of the object you viewed down the barrel.

Job done. I'm on paper at 100 every time.

June 29, 2002, 12:57 AM	#11
Guyon Senior Member Join Date: July 27, 2000 Location: Over the Hills and Through the Woods, Tennessee Posts: 1,207	I'm with CR Sam on this one. Bore sights are a waste of cash IMO. Go to Wal-Mart and spend $20 on a Case-Guard Gun Maintenance Center. Or get a decent gun vise. Both work great for holding a gun steady while cleaning or while sighting in. Set up the gun in your vise and remove the bolt. Look down the barrel towards some distant object. I set up on my kitchen table and look down the street at my neighbor's mailbox. It's white and shows up easily in the barrel. Center the object in the barrel. Then without moving the gun (thus the need for a vise of some sort), align the crosshairs of your scope on the center of the object you viewed down the barrel. Job done. I'm on paper at 100 every time. __________________ Gun control should just be about hitting your target.