I only heard of this method recently – I had a new rifle / scope purchase and took it to Coal Creek Armory to bore sight it. He used this method. Unfortunately I still haven’t had a chance to fire it and see how accurate he was.
Way back in 1995 or so, when I got my first centerfire rifle, used, it didn’t have a scope or iron sights. I didn’t have much (any) cash left over for a scope, a boresighter, or a gunsmith to align them. I did have a Ruger 10-22 with a Tasco 4x scope, so that scope ended up on my Ruger M77 30-06. I used this same method to boresight that setup. It was only off by a few clicks at 100 yds. Although I have many more guns, and more cash to spend on them, that rifle still has that scope, and still has that zero.
May 9th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
I only heard of this method recently – I had a new rifle / scope purchase and took it to Coal Creek Armory to bore sight it. He used this method. Unfortunately I still haven’t had a chance to fire it and see how accurate he was.
May 9th, 2011 at 10:38 pm
Way back in 1995 or so, when I got my first centerfire rifle, used, it didn’t have a scope or iron sights. I didn’t have much (any) cash left over for a scope, a boresighter, or a gunsmith to align them. I did have a Ruger 10-22 with a Tasco 4x scope, so that scope ended up on my Ruger M77 30-06. I used this same method to boresight that setup. It was only off by a few clicks at 100 yds. Although I have many more guns, and more cash to spend on them, that rifle still has that scope, and still has that zero.