kjclark7,

Since your actual bullet path should cross your line of site somwhere around that distance I would say 25-50yds would be ok. Before I bought my bore sighter I would do it from the 100yd mark just before sighting in. I would use something about the size of a paper plate, if not an actual paper plate, as it could be easily seen from that distance and would be just about the size of the bore I was looking through. But for all intents and purposes bore sighting is not rocket science and shouldn't be dwelled over.

When a gun comes from the factory it usually has a pretty good coat of a thick oil coating on it, inside and out. They use it as a preservative for storage in the warehouses to prevent premature rusting. You clean this oil out of the mounting holes/area because it would act just the opposite of loc-tite. In the barrel, you can either clean it out or even snap off a few primers and burn the majority of it out prior to cleaning.

With the scope you mentioned I would doubt you need high rings, unless of course, the high rings were more comfortable for you.

Hope we are steering you in the right direction...have fun with you new ML.

Toby

Edited by - Toby from MO on 12/22/2002 21:42:01