Best bore sighter?
 

I haven't tried all the different types of sore sighters, but i've noticed on the ones I have tried, that each is different. Different as they could be 4-5 clicks on the scope different. Anybody ever tested a bore sighter to a gun that was "dead on" to see how accurate it really was?
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KsHunter,
The best one I have used was a cheap Tasco the worst one was a laser. I couldn't believe how far off the laser sighter was. The very best one is a large sheet of white paper at 25yds. About 6rounds and you are real close.

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I bought one of the Tasco "Shot Saver" and it's not worth a damn.All the rifles I have sighted with it are lucky to hit the paper. I'm talking all different calibers with basically the same results.That was a waste of good money buying it. It's no wonder that Tasco is gone with the garbage they turned out.Hey DG,That magnetic sounds good. My question is.How do you use it on a S/S gun?If my memory serves me correctly a magnet will not pick up S/S.? I'm just curious how you can use it on stainless.......... Thanks Ruger Redhawk

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I've never used the Tasco. I've compared the luepold and BSA sighters, which are very simliar except one is magetic and the other has rods to fit in your barrel on the end. But still they're both very different when I try them on the same gun. I'm not a big fan of BSA but prefer it to be more accurate than the Luepold, just because it actually hooks onto the end rather than just placed on the end with a magnet. I guess the only real way to find out is it test it against an already sighted in gun, and see which is the closet. Has anyone ever tried the BSA sighter?
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Why buy a bore sighter. i used one at the shop i worked at but i do this and it works pretty good for me. i remove the bolt from the rifle. place the rifle in my mtm gun cleaning cradle or you could use a vise. i place a piece of paper on the other side of the room and line the bore with a dot or a mark on it .i try and get it in the center of the bore . i then look through the scope without moving the rifle. i adjust the crosshairs to the point on the paper.
i sometimes will find something outside the house and do this .
i then shoot at 50 yards and adjust and move to 100 .

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I have one of just about every brand and the Leupold magnetic is the best I have tried. They finally have something I like.

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I don't know on this one I have an old bushnell collimator that works ok at the very best...but a couple of times it put the rifle off the paper at 100 yards(probably operator error) but nevertheless I like SOARKREBEL's idea and was the only way I could get the ones that went off the paper back on the paper unless a convenient spotter was available. If your stuck on the collimator get the Leupold magnetic and being that the barrel is SS should make no difference since you have plenty of iron in there that rusts anyway. I have heard horror stories about the laser sighters.

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[I bought a Bsa on sale last month and it is worthless.
I zeroed a 7/08 and when I shot it it was about 10 ft high at 25 yds.
I don't know if you can calibrate the thing or not.I tried it on a couple guns that were allready zeroed and it wasn't even close.
Best way for a bolt action is to put it in a vice and a dot on the wall,center the dot looking down the barrel,and set scope cross hairs according.It will be close at 25 yds.aim at the target dot when you fire it,if you can see the bullet hole get a friend to move the cross hairs to the bullet hole while you hold it on the target dot you shot at before.

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DG,I'll have to try a magnet on the S/S. oldelkhunter is probably right that there is enough iron mixed in the stainless. I'm sure it's not a coating but a mixture of diffent steels. Thanks for the reply Ruger Redhawk

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