Laser Boresighter.. worth it?

José Alaninho

Was looking at the Bushnell model in Duffy's, seems a good deal (or does it...?). Anyway anyone have any experience using em? i.e. max range, accuracy, overall usefulness. Or a waste of time/money?

Sikamick

Very good,acurate...

but don't just buy one for yourself.

It all depends on if you are hunting or target shooting. If your a hunter at least you can check your rifle each time before you go hunting. If Target shooting better to share the cost and the use.

johngalway

I wouldn't buy one. Not that hard to zero a rifle, but it's an expensive sport, buy plenty of ammo with the price of it

Mellor

how many rounds would you use when centring a rifle?
How many times would you need to centre with the Bushnell to breakeven?

Between a few it might be ok. I've seen it for half of Duffys price online

pestshooter7

Yea you can buy them on ebay for arround 15 euro!!
Would only get one if it was a bargin!!
Duffys are looking for too much!

Sikamick

I would agree with all above, except if you hunt regularly they do come in handy

jaycee

Just consider the following ...

The light path of a laser is dead straight ..
A bullet drops .

Different weight bullets drop differently . A laser dosent.

Personally , i would rather bore sight in the normal manner ,adjust scope . fire one .., keep the same point of aim ..don't move the rifle ..and move the crosshair onto the bullet strike.

Fire another one to fine tune .

Unless something is very wrong , five rounds should be more than enough to zero a rifle.

Just my 2 cent worth

meathstevie

I used to have a laser jobbie and a hawke shotsaver. The laser was fine untill it got a knock and needed adjusting,not a hope in hell getting it right. The shotsaver has my preference anytime.

José Alaninho

Yeah it's pretty much a gimmick huh? Though I can see the handiness in checking zero in the middle of a hunt, etc.

Have decided against it myself. Have way more fun zeroing the other way anyhow.;)

Mellor

jaycee wrote: »

Just consider the following ...

The light path of a laser is dead straight ..
A bullet drops .

Different weight bullets drop differently . A laser dosent.

I think the device takes account for this.
Say, you are 100m from target, selected bullet drops 5" over 100m, you sight the laser 5" over the crosshairs

ormondprop

i bought one on ebay for about 20euro and it was useless, it didn't even shine staight it pointed to the left, i wouldn't advise anyone to buy one

jwshooter

ormondprop wrote: »

i bought one on ebay for about 20euro and it was useless, it didn't even shine staight it pointed to the left, i wouldn't advise anyone to buy one

sight n in a rifle i bore sight in a 25.06 last week it gives you a feel for the trigger and the way the gun shoots its best to get to know this for your self .all these gagets are a waste of money just go shoot the gun and learn some thing

cavan shooter

I have a hawke shot saver (collimeter) found it ok, recently I was thinking on buying a bushnell laser boresighter.

However recently I sighted the new rifle by removing the bolt looking down it at a 4" circle (painted to stand out) and then tweek the sight to match it I was on target pretty quick and it worked fine.

fish slapped

The only real use I can see in it is to check zero before hunting and you can get them a whole lot cheaper online. I see they come with a fitting for a shotgun, when exactly would you need this?

gofaster_s13

fish slapped wrote: »

The only real use I can see in it is to check zero before hunting and you can get them a whole lot cheaper online. I see they come with a fitting for a shotgun, when exactly would you need this?

Used for shooting slugs from a shotgun with a rifled barrell and a scope mounted

fish slapped

so not much use for woodcock then!!

Rovi

fish slapped wrote: »

so not much use for woodcock then!!

It'd be a hell of a shot, and you'd have to send what remained for DNA testing to confirm the identity of the quarry.

fish slapped

Once took a crow out with a golf ball off the second tee in clongowes, does that help??