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5/4/2014 12:04:24 PM EDT
I am wanting to get a solid laser sighter for my AR and am curious if anyone had any suggestions, am wanting to spend under 20 if possible, but for a great quality one would spend more.
5/4/2014 12:08:38 PM EDT
[#1]
Save your money.  No need to boresight anything.  Use the money you would have spent on the bore sighter and use real ammo to sight your weapon in.

If you are talking about a sighting laser, you wont find anything of any value at your price range, again, get ammo instead.
5/4/2014 12:13:08 PM EDT
[#2]
So it wouldn't be worth even spending 10 bucks on one to save me say 10 rounds?  How much does a quality laser to help sight in a scope cost?
5/4/2014 12:30:02 PM EDT
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So it wouldn't be worth even spending 10 bucks on one to save me say 10 rounds?  How much does a quality laser to help sight in a scope cost?
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use ammo to sight in your rifle. $10 should get you 20 rounds. should only take 5-7 rounds to get you a happy zero. then you have 13-15 rounds to shoot well and not feel like you wasted them.
5/4/2014 1:44:37 PM EDT
[#4]
okay thank you very much ill save my money and use it towards ammo
5/4/2014 2:24:17 PM EDT
[#5]
Late to the party as usual.
I considered getting the laser to put in the chamber because it seemed they were suppose to be the latest and greatest.
Then I figured I'd use my sled. I went to the range, leveled and locked my AR in, set the red dot on the bullseye and pulled the trigger.
I adjusted the dot to POI and pulled the trigger again. Done. I was within 1/2" of the first shot.

I fired three more rounds as confirmation and they all hit within 1" at 50 yards. Five rounds to get it zeroed.
After that I simply adjusted to the left and slightly up to hit center mass and was good to go with only firing 12 rounds.
5/4/2014 10:16:12 PM EDT
[#6]
Take the bolt carrier out and sight in by looking through the bore. It'll get you on paper at 25 yards at least.
5/5/2014 1:32:21 AM EDT
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Take the bolt carrier out and sight in by looking through the bore. It'll get you on paper at 25 yards at least.
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This, and pretty easy to get it on to paper at 50 yards, , no sense messing around when the old school way works just fine..
5/5/2014 3:28:01 AM EDT
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Take the bolt carrier out and sight in by looking through the bore. It'll get you on paper at 25 yards at least.
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I use the same technique. I used to use the "O" on the stop sign in front of my house (I've moved). I removed the upper and placed it in a cleaning stand, and adjust until the "O" was centered looking through the bore Adjust sight to be on the "O" on the stop sign. That would get me close enough for the range to properly sight in.



Don't need the laser



 
5/5/2014 7:09:53 AM EDT
[#9]
Awesome thanks for the advice everyone!
5/5/2014 7:11:20 AM EDT
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Take the bolt carrier out and sight in by looking through the bore. It'll get you on paper at 25 yards at least.
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