Laser sights again

Southern Ray

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I am looking to buy a laser bore sighter for my .177 pellet rifle.
I've been to all the local gun shops and the ones they have only go down to 22 cal.
I checked on the internet and see many from $18.00 and up. Most with more accessories than I need.
One side tells me to buy the cheap one but I want some quality and accuracy.
I have a break barrel GAMO rifle with scope and I would like to have a sighter to periodically check the scope.
I did buy a BSA BS30 grid sighter but that thing was too clumsy. I sold it in a garage sale.
Asking for suggestions or comments.
 
I have done that, and am pretty close. Trouble is I shake too much, even in a stand. I want to take me out of the equation.
 
Use sand bags and a string on the trigger to remove your effects on the sights. A bore sight does not really point to the hole made by the pellet. It does not account for barrel variations, or pellet drop. Jim
 
If you want to get fancy get a ransom rest to site it in.
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You think you shake too much? About a month ago I spotted a big old possum wandering around the yard. Grabbed one of my .22 semi autos and started shooting, was standing in the garage walk in doorway steadying the gun on the frame. Finally dropped the old possum but I swept up 14 shell casings the next day. The bifocals don't help much either.
 
I wouldn't consider a bore sight to help make a rifle/scope accurate. They are more for a preliminary adjustment to help put you on the paper so you can fine tune the sights for accuracy.

If you can't hit the target at "x" distance, just bring the target closer and closer, fine tune the sights and start moving the target back further away and re-adjust if needed. If shaking or jerking the gun while shooting you will never be accurate until you rest the gun on something or stop the movement somehow.
 
I have a shooting vise I use when sighting my rifle or shotgun with slugs. One shot, dial the scope to meet the hole made, fire another. Should be real close. I even do this with my 30.06 at 200 yards but it is a little harder to see the first hole.
 
Sighting in a gun clamped in a vise isn't going to give you the correct point of impact in the real world. A rifle clamped in a vise will have a different point of impact than when it's shot off sandbags, and the point of impact will be different still shooting prone or off-hand. It's best to sight in on sandbags, then follow up shooting however the rifle will be used in the field.
 

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