Gotta love that Leupold Zero Point bore sighter

tpcollins · May 17, 2017, 02:40 PM

I tried several laser type bore sighters and never liked them. Then I bought the Leupold Zero Point and after understanding how to set it correctly, it never ceases to amaze me how good it works. I have a cheat sheet on all of my firearms as to the exact distance from the center of the bore to the center of the scope.

I recently bought a new Zeiss HD5 scope for my Tikka .204 and set the crosshairs where I thought it should be on the little chart. Went to the range and set up first at 50 yards and the 32gr Hornady V-Max factory that always shoot lights out hit the 3/4" bull the first time.

So I moved over to 100 yards and the first shot was about 1 1/2" low. I made the calculations to hit just under 1" high (for a 200 yard zero) and that's where the 2nd shot hit - good enough, woodchucks beware!

The shot 1" left is the fouler from junk ammo for my .243 that I was getting ready to work up a load for.

jmr40 · May 18, 2017, 04:53 PM

Glad it's working for you. But those things are $100, that'd buy a lot of ammo. I've never needed more than 3 shots to get a bolt gun zeroed at 100 without one. Usually 1 more shot for a lever, pump or semi-auto since it is harder to bore sight.

Blindstitch · May 18, 2017, 08:42 PM

Gotta love the knowledge of how to bore site by hand but depending on how many guns you can do and how able a person is to shoot them it could be worth it's weight in lead.

Range fees at the place I go is $18 plus ammo and gas to get there. When I visit my parents with property I usually take a gun and ammo because it's free.

Last one I did by had was 4 inches to the right and came to the bullseye in 3 shots but they don't always do that.

May 17, 2017, 02:40 PM	#1
tpcollins Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2009 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 558	Gotta love that Leupold Zero Point bore sighter I tried several laser type bore sighters and never liked them. Then I bought the Leupold Zero Point and after understanding how to set it correctly, it never ceases to amaze me how good it works. I have a cheat sheet on all of my firearms as to the exact distance from the center of the bore to the center of the scope. I recently bought a new Zeiss HD5 scope for my Tikka .204 and set the crosshairs where I thought it should be on the little chart. Went to the range and set up first at 50 yards and the 32gr Hornady V-Max factory that always shoot lights out hit the 3/4" bull the first time. So I moved over to 100 yards and the first shot was about 1 1/2" low. I made the calculations to hit just under 1" high (for a 200 yard zero) and that's where the 2nd shot hit - good enough, woodchucks beware! The shot 1" left is the fouler from junk ammo for my .243 that I was getting ready to work up a load for. __________________ What direction did that last shot at Kennedy come from?

May 18, 2017, 04:53 PM	#2
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,805	Glad it's working for you. But those things are $100, that'd buy a lot of ammo. I've never needed more than 3 shots to get a bolt gun zeroed at 100 without one. Usually 1 more shot for a lever, pump or semi-auto since it is harder to bore sight. __________________ "If you're still doing things the same way you were doing them 10 years ago, you're doing it wrong" Winston Churchill

May 18, 2017, 08:42 PM	#3
Blindstitch Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2013 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 2,692	Gotta love the knowledge of how to bore site by hand but depending on how many guns you can do and how able a person is to shoot them it could be worth it's weight in lead. Range fees at the place I go is $18 plus ammo and gas to get there. When I visit my parents with property I usually take a gun and ammo because it's free. Last one I did by had was 4 inches to the right and came to the bullseye in 3 shots but they don't always do that. __________________ NRA Lifetime Member