rick3
05-06-2015, 03:59 PM
OK, I've searched for this topic here, but didn't find anything addressing this:
Boresighting without a laser boresighter...
I know how to do it:
- setup the rifle (with the scope mounted) on a table/platform that you can secure it solidly to.
- remove the bolt
- place a "small" target dot downrange at least 25 yds away (some places that describe this say to place it 50-100 yds away)
- looking thru the bore, adjust the rifle so that you can see the target dot clearly/centered
- without moving the rifle, adjust the elevation/windage on the scope so that the crosshairs are centered on the dot
Easy peasy, right?
Well, maybe IF you are boresighting a .458 Win Mag, with a bore large enough that you can actually SEE a target dot 25 yds away (never mind 50-100 yds away)!
But I'm trying to do this with a .243, and it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack by looking thru a drinking straw; I can't imagine what trying to do it with a .223 would be.
Is there an easier way than spending 10 minutes on your knees hunched over, adjusting the rifle while it's fastened down, trying to even FIND that dot 25 yds away..."am I aiming the rifle too far to the right? too high? Whoops, was that the edge of the dot?...no, that's not it..."
Is there an easier way?
Boresighting without a laser boresighter...
I know how to do it:
- setup the rifle (with the scope mounted) on a table/platform that you can secure it solidly to.
- remove the bolt
- place a "small" target dot downrange at least 25 yds away (some places that describe this say to place it 50-100 yds away)
- looking thru the bore, adjust the rifle so that you can see the target dot clearly/centered
- without moving the rifle, adjust the elevation/windage on the scope so that the crosshairs are centered on the dot
Easy peasy, right?
Well, maybe IF you are boresighting a .458 Win Mag, with a bore large enough that you can actually SEE a target dot 25 yds away (never mind 50-100 yds away)!
But I'm trying to do this with a .243, and it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack by looking thru a drinking straw; I can't imagine what trying to do it with a .223 would be.
Is there an easier way than spending 10 minutes on your knees hunched over, adjusting the rifle while it's fastened down, trying to even FIND that dot 25 yds away..."am I aiming the rifle too far to the right? too high? Whoops, was that the edge of the dot?...no, that's not it..."
Is there an easier way?