BSA Bore Sighter - The Firearms Forum

OklahomaBrian · 07-26-2009, 04:04 PM

Hey everybody.Has anyone used this?And if so,what do you think?I swapped scopes on my .50 muzzle loader and my Mossberg 30-06.Bought this and used it to rough sight them in.Haven't taken them to the range yet.Will post a report as soon as I do.

http://www.academy.com/index.php?pag...369-02904-0007

gdmoody · 07-26-2009, 10:10 PM

I have been use a BSA bore sighter for several years. It is as good as any I have used. As you know, all it is going to do is "get you on paper" so that you can finalize the sighting in process. I have found out that it will not work in every situation (such as with super high mounts) but for probably 99% of the uses, it works great.

TranterUK · 07-27-2009, 05:00 AM

I have never used a bore sighter, and think perhaps I should get one. I mostly bore sight at a distant object through the barrel, adjusting the scope to match. Not ideal but gets you on the paper.

LDBennett · 07-27-2009, 07:23 AM

I have witnessed more than a few guys at the range trying to sight in a rifle that was collimator bore sighted by a gun store or a gunsmith. They MIGHT get you on the paper at 50 yds and might not.

If the gun to be sighted in has a way to look down the barrel from the breech end that is still one of the best ways to align the scope or sights with the target. The laser style units that fit into the muzzle end of the barrel and put out a red dot on the target work fine too. In my experience the collimator bore sighter doesn't always work if done by the unknowing.

I bore sight my guns in my house, down a long hallway to a target stuck on the wall. The distance is about 50 feet. For looking through the bore I stick the gun in a rest, line up the bore with the target and carefully, so as to not move the gun, adjust the scope to the target center.

For the laser type you only need to stick it in the muzzle, shoulder the gun and adjust the sight or scope until the red dot on the target (a blank wall at 50 feet will do) matches the sights. The one I use is tapered closest to the body of the laser and comes with a set of adjustable collets that go on the end of the laser closest to the breech making for a secure tight fit to the bore. It is so designed that you will not hurt the bore if you are reasonably careful. No rest is necessary or desired and you don't even need a target pasted on the wall, just the wall.

All that being said, at $29 for the BSA collimator bore sighter how can you go wrong. If you keep records of how the gun sights or scope and the collimator end up then this would be a good way to assure your sights or scope have not changed with the environment or in transit on a hunting trip without firing a single shot. I can think of no case it would be an advantage to me so I'll stick to my methods and save the $29.

LDBennett

Helix_FR · 07-27-2009, 01:16 PM

haven't used that type but I also have watched people mess with them . I think the laser ones are better. Only issue I have with the laser versions is that they are not always set dead center when you get them. The instructions are to insert the arbors in the barrel then tighten them. Screw on the laser, turn it on while the gun is in a vice. Mark were the laser is on the wall then rotate the arbor and laser in the bore of the rife and adjust the laser until it quits making circles and stays on a single point on the wall. I'm not real hip to turning a steel arbor inside my barrel. Better alternative is to put one of the arbors in a pipe of some size close to a bore size of a caliber (.45 and below for my kit) chuck up the pipe and do your centering of your laser that way. Once you get it centered you'll never have to do it again, unless of course you drop the laser.

happycamper · 07-02-2012, 10:04 PM

retail 89.99

bsa bore sighter kit
i sell them for 60.00 free shiping

i also sell tasko high scope rings matt black
retail 19.99
i sell them for 12.95 eatch
free shiping if you buy 10 or more

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07-26-2009, 04:04 PM	#1
OklahomaBrian Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 39	BSA Bore Sighter Hey everybody.Has anyone used this?And if so,what do you think?I swapped scopes on my .50 muzzle loader and my Mossberg 30-06.Bought this and used it to rough sight them in.Haven't taken them to the range yet.Will post a report as soon as I do. http://www.academy.com/index.php?pag...369-02904-0007 __________________ beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam charta pardonationis se defendendo -->

07-26-2009, 10:10 PM	#2
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,354	Re: BSA Bore Sighter I have been use a BSA bore sighter for several years. It is as good as any I have used. As you know, all it is going to do is "get you on paper" so that you can finalize the sighting in process. I have found out that it will not work in every situation (such as with super high mounts) but for probably 99% of the uses, it works great. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

07-27-2009, 05:00 AM	#3
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	Re: BSA Bore Sighter I have never used a bore sighter, and think perhaps I should get one. I mostly bore sight at a distant object through the barrel, adjusting the scope to match. Not ideal but gets you on the paper. __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way!

07-27-2009, 07:23 AM	#4
LDBennett Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hesperia, CA Posts: 5,718	Re: BSA Bore Sighter I have witnessed more than a few guys at the range trying to sight in a rifle that was collimator bore sighted by a gun store or a gunsmith. They MIGHT get you on the paper at 50 yds and might not. If the gun to be sighted in has a way to look down the barrel from the breech end that is still one of the best ways to align the scope or sights with the target. The laser style units that fit into the muzzle end of the barrel and put out a red dot on the target work fine too. In my experience the collimator bore sighter doesn't always work if done by the unknowing. I bore sight my guns in my house, down a long hallway to a target stuck on the wall. The distance is about 50 feet. For looking through the bore I stick the gun in a rest, line up the bore with the target and carefully, so as to not move the gun, adjust the scope to the target center. For the laser type you only need to stick it in the muzzle, shoulder the gun and adjust the sight or scope until the red dot on the target (a blank wall at 50 feet will do) matches the sights. The one I use is tapered closest to the body of the laser and comes with a set of adjustable collets that go on the end of the laser closest to the breech making for a secure tight fit to the bore. It is so designed that you will not hurt the bore if you are reasonably careful. No rest is necessary or desired and you don't even need a target pasted on the wall, just the wall. All that being said, at $29 for the BSA collimator bore sighter how can you go wrong. If you keep records of how the gun sights or scope and the collimator end up then this would be a good way to assure your sights or scope have not changed with the environment or in transit on a hunting trip without firing a single shot. I can think of no case it would be an advantage to me so I'll stick to my methods and save the $29. LDBennett

07-27-2009, 01:16 PM	#5
Helix_FR TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Imperial, MO Posts: 3,625	Re: BSA Bore Sighter haven't used that type but I also have watched people mess with them . I think the laser ones are better. Only issue I have with the laser versions is that they are not always set dead center when you get them. The instructions are to insert the arbors in the barrel then tighten them. Screw on the laser, turn it on while the gun is in a vice. Mark were the laser is on the wall then rotate the arbor and laser in the bore of the rife and adjust the laser until it quits making circles and stays on a single point on the wall. I'm not real hip to turning a steel arbor inside my barrel. Better alternative is to put one of the arbors in a pipe of some size close to a bore size of a caliber (.45 and below for my kit) chuck up the pipe and do your centering of your laser that way. Once you get it centered you'll never have to do it again, unless of course you drop the laser.

07-02-2012, 10:04 PM	#6
happycamper Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 2	Re: BSA Bore Sighter retail 89.99 bsa bore sighter kit i sell them for 60.00 free shiping i also sell tasko high scope rings matt black retail 19.99 i sell them for 12.95 eatch free shiping if you buy 10 or more K_boltz2@comcast.net