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Posted: 1/19/2012 11:07:49 AM EDT
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Quick question...I used a bore sighter from Cabelas (looks just like the Bushnell one, but has Cabelas written on it, cost about $50.00) to zero in my ARMS BUIS. Im getting my AImpoint Comp M2 today so wanted to get the BUIS zeroed in before I worked on that. When I zeroed it, with the windage directly in the middle, it was way off. I had to move the windage way over to the left in order for it to line up with the laser. I was wondering if this is a fault of the quality of the BUIS or the bore sighter being bent? I put on my removable carry handle, it was basically dead on with windage in the middle. I used the boresighter in my .40 cal XD, and it was dead on, so Im leaning toward the ARMS BUIS being a little skewed. I kind of expected a little more quality wise, but it does seem sort of flimsy. Is it possible the ARMS BUIS is just this far off? I just wanted to make sure it wasnt the quality of my boresighter, and I actually did need to have the windage so far to the left in order for it to be zeroed. Of course Im going to take it to he range to verify it, but I wanted to get it on with the boresighter before I went out shooting.
BTW, zeroing wasnt at that far of a distance. Maybe 10 yards (I did it in my house, but didnt think distance mattered for a BUIS without elevation adjustments. Im going to do the Aimpoint at about 50 - 100 yards) |
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Zero both ur aimpoit and irons at 50yrds, 10 is pointless.
That said ive never seen a rifle with perfect buis, the adjustments are there for a reason and ots not the fault of anything. Adjust them till theyre zeroed You cant compare rifle irons to handgun irons either big big diff |
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Sight in the iron sights on their own. Do not try to line them up with anything. Sight in the Aimpoint on its own. Do not try to line it up with the sights. Ignore the laser thingy. The only way to zero a rifle is to shoot it. You'll never know where its really going to hit until you shoot it. You have two sighting systems. You should sight them in independent of one another. |
| drop the bore laser sight, those things are garbage. once you sight in on paper youll probably have to bring the windage all the back to close to where it was. try at 25 to get on paper, then push back to 50 and fine tune that sucker. arms BUIS are good to go. ive had mine for 6 years. |
| my arms is the same way someone here stated it can be from the front sight .I do not like how the elevation . I found the sight really dificult to zero in and i do not trust my zeroing .I do not know where the front sight guards should appear in the rear reticile,and there is no way I can use the pistol notches in the rear sight withouht raising my head up. The info from arms is not realy clear.I used a colt ar manual for the front sight positioning in the rear reticle.The colt manual has very clear and concise instructions but that is for the a2 style rear.I am getting to the point that I might have to toss the sight and go with a troy |
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my arms is the same way someone here stated it can be from the front sight .I do not like how the elevation . I found the sight really dificult to zero in and i do not trust my zeroing .I do not know where the front sight guards should appear in the rear reticile,and there is no way I can use the pistol notches in the rear sight withouht raising my head up. The info from arms is not realy clear.I used a colt ar manual for the front sight positioning in the rear reticle.The colt manual has very clear and concise instructions but that is for the a2 style rear.I am getting to the point that I might have to toss the sight and go with a troy You zero windage only on the ARMS BUIS. Dont worry about where the front sight guards are either. You need to be concentrating on your front sight post. Center that in the circle, just below what you are shooting at. You are going to have to move your head to use the top notches. They are meant for CQB use. |
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GLPS. Same drill on my backup sights. Rear Windage didn't end up being center, is 9 clicks right. Although it may look kittywonkas, if it drives nails once zeroed to your eyes, your stock weld, your body configuration, and how you perceive the sights. Don't sweat it. If you have someone tag along, who you know knows what they're doing, give them a chance to prone out and shoot a group - should pattern pretty much on top of yours. If not, I'd get one more person to take a look & fire a group as well. If the odds are 2 to 1 against you, I'd say it's you, not the sights.
Good Question, smart answers. Hope it helps. |
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