I'm sure many have pondered over getting a bore sighter, essential tool or money wasting gadget ?
Money wasting while you don't use it, worth It's weight in gold when you do need it.
Bit like any tool for DIY or car or bike use and whatever your other hobby may be.
Why do i like wasting money on one ?
Not so much for sighting in, i actually don't mind takeing my time wasting ammo, it's all practice for breathing & trigger control etc but even so a boresighter is handy for getting the scope semi sorted, handy & more so if sighting in needs to be a quick session.
Also if i think the scope has taken a knock then a quick check can be made with a boresighter.
If i think a scope adjustment is playing up, you guessed it, they boresighter can be dusted off & the cross hair checked to be moveing as it should.
To set up my scope It's a 20min walk there then back plus time to set up, carry any equiptment needed & as I'm useing a PCP I need to be certain the air is topped up.
A boresighter does belong in the worth It's weight in gold catargory, just like a chrony, collects dust most of the time but hey, when you want one, NOW, just like a boresighter a chrony is used more often than first thought.
Have I convinced you to spend your money yet ??
Then read on.
To save a walk to the farm I bought a Bushnell Laser Boresighter.
Fair price, good strong box, good packing. Many arbors for different cal' complete with all screws needed plus an allen key, multi langauge instruction leaflet, batteries & dead simple to use.
You just select the arbor to match your barrel, insert the Bushnell Laser boresighter into the barrel of your rifle, switch on the laser, aim, look through your scope, adjust your scope untill the cross hair is sighted onto the dot you see on your target, remove the Bushnell Laser boresighter, take some shots, tweek the scope & job done.
There is even a little canvas pouch to put the Bushnell Laser boresighter into plus the arbor of choice with the screw & allen key or indeed you can fit ready but regardless It's easy to carry.
Still want one ??
The niggles creep in, batteries ?? no instructions how to change them, the thick instruction booklet becomes very thin when you take away the multi language feature.
Mention of zero at 50 to 100yds so is it suitable for air rifles ?? plus use in dull light, Ie a cloudy day.
By now I'm fed up, small fiddly screw & no 177 arbour !! even worse the stem you insert into the barrel is to big to put in a 177 barrel without any arbors.
It says of the Bushnell Laser boresighter easy & quick to set your scope so you can spend more time shooting.
By now time is really flying so I get my old Simmons boresighter, couple of minutes later job done in much less time it took to fiddle with the Laser version & get nowhere.
Ok ok so if you allready have one or you like techie gear or you just want one because they look & sound cool, go & get one, any boresighter is better than no boresighter, just like any chrony is better than no chrony.
You want a boresighter ??
Does the Bushnell Laser boresighter sound like just the gadget for you or are you going to check out the alternatives first.
Bushnell Laser boresighter in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPk85IK2GBU