How To Bore Sight Your Rifle 

I returned home after sniper school in 99 and visited with my cousin who is disabled. He put a new scope on his 30-06 but couldn't get it dialed in. We stopped and I walked 100 meters off the road (the joys of rural life), put a beer bottle down, then used this to get him in the general area. He told me recently he has not changed anything on that rifle since and has never missed his target.

Great tips. I like to bore sight the rifle at 33 yds. Shoot once and do corrections (X 3). That puts you close at 100. It usually only takes 3 or 4 shots to get dialed in. Ive stunned my cousins and nephews with this simple approach.😪

How common or/ uncommon would it be if you ram out of upward adjustment but had the reticle sighted perfect at 100 yards ?

I enjoyed the video. When you adjusted the scope after the first shot, did you move the reticle to the point of impact?

Good my Friend

Nicely done video. With larger bore rounds, I often remove the primer from a fired case. With this in the chamber, I have a well centered rear aperture sight.

Appreciate you showing the view thru the barrel. Would have been helpful to show you the crosshair view before starting adjustments

I’ve been doing this for over 25 years. Learned it from the old man who’s been doing it for over 50 years. It’s always fun to show people how to do it and their amazement to how it works. I usually have people sighted in within 3 shots.

Great video thanks. Putting a vortex on my 30-06 tomorrow and need to dial it in a hurry. This will help greatly. Thanks again

Nice introduction, well explained, thank you so much.

Hey, you have safety glasses, but they're not going to help you if you don't slide them down to protect your eyes. Just saying from personal experience.

You mean, the reticle is pointing lower RIGHT corner of the steel, and you will have to move it up and to the left 4:18 This is a good method, been using it for years. Just a tip: if both, your bore and your reticle are pointing to the ceter of the target, first shot will always be low, like it is in your video.

Lost me when you said retical is DOWN and LEFT while pointing to the right. Think I got it beyond that. Bore is on the target and doesn’t move. Moving retical to meet so it corresponds and on target as well. Would love to see the retical move while adjusting. Great video but one last note: eye protection. 👍

Unable to even find the laser point down range I was unable to place a single round on target, but with this video I not only had my scope lined up with the bore sight I purchased, but had shots on target in minutes, thank you.

Do you have to use safety glasses 😅

Thanks for the video. My question, you mentioned you bore sight at 100 yards, but how possible is it to see the target at this distance through the barrel? And what if if I bore sight at 15 or 20 yards and leave the 100 yards for zeroing my scope, will that work? Also, when you dial the turrets to bore sight, wouldn't that limit the the range that the turrets can be dialed when you are shooting long distances like 300-400 yards?

trying to do that with a 22 is really damn hard, i cant even see how the barrel that well, and if you have stuff to far you just cant see, so i went fuck that and bought 1500 bullets and shot them till i had it right.

1.Eye reilef 2. level scope 3. torque mounts 4. Bore sight 5. shoots groups and adjust turrets that's what I'm getting with the seeing these videos does that sound about right???

Nice and simple and not overly analytical. Works!

Those rings look like mid mount rings.... would shorter rings have not been a better choice?

reenforced my technique that have used for many years,,no need for an expensive bore sighter!

Bought my first vortex Diamondback for my 270. This video was informative and a great help.

I spent a lot tools for it.not too much work I will try this. Thank you for sharing video.

Old guy here new to scopes. Quality information. It all makes sense

Once sighted do you zero out the dials?

Great video. Thanks for the info. Good thing you were wearing those safety glasses.

"You can use a bunch of toilet paper rolls" Me: *FLASHBACK TO 2020 TOILET PAPER WARS*

Just to confirm that I understand the bore sighting process...if the barrel is pointing at the center of the target and the reticle is point top left of the target (for example). I would obviously need to adjust the reticle so that it goes downward and to the right. To accomplish this, I would actually adjust the turrets to move the reticle upward and to the left? Basically, opposite of what my intuition would tell me at first glance. Am I correct in this? Or do I have it backwards? Thanks!

Good video and tips, thanks. (I cant help being a dad and ask if your shooting glasses are protecting your forehead 😉 )

4:22, I think he meant to say the impact point is at lower-right.

That eye protection is going to do your forehead a whole lot of good. Put the safety wear on!

This would have been more helpful with a diagram of sorts when talking about what directions you are adjusting and why. Right now all we see you is you talking and clicking knobs.

Great idea. Thanks for the lesson!

Perfect Easy Step

No love for the boresight of a remington 742 woodmaster 30-06 😁 I'm just not sure about a older semi auto hunting rifles accuracy! Any input on older 30-06 742's would be greatly appreciated 👍it will be mounted with a vortex just don't know which would be best for this rifle. It'll be hunting roughly 100yd shots. Any input on best suited vortex scope for this rifle would be great to. Thanks in advance!

Do you not hold on the stock for accuracy? I noticed just a finger on trigger only with palm . Is this because gripping makes one pull or snatch as trigger is depressed?

Good tips.👍 I bore sight at 33 yards and shoot once. I then correct (X 3) and move back to 1 hundred yards. Im usually really close at 100. You can fine tune after that. Ive stunned some people by sighting in their rifle with 2,3 or 4 shots.😪

So now that boresighting is done, when do you mark your zero stop because now your turrets are no longer at "zero"

What is the point of safety glasses when they are on your head vs. over your eyes when shooting?

All find and dandy but being paralyzed and in a wheelchair I’m not able to bend down and look down the bore of the rifle and do this procedure! What’s your suggestion?

Awesome video thanks for the knowledge. And what rifle is that? If I may ask? Super nice!

Bore sighted for years....but usually start at 20 yds...but dont shoot until im at 100. Ive tried a few of the laser bore sights....some work , some are garbage. Save your ammo and bore sight when possible.

Nice eye protection. 😂

Video was very helpful but I would like to see a video bore sighting an AR 15.

Kinda like backing up a trailer turn opposite to the direction you want it to go.

Safety glasses are really effective on top of the head. 👎🏼😅😅

It works fine on a bolt action.Not much good for a semi auto ir pump. Been using thus method for 50 years.

Thanks for explaining the bore sighting procedure. Since I am not a rifle shooter, I never understood the nuisances of bore sighting vs bullet point of impact on the target sighting.

After you fired the first shot; did you then move the reticle down to the point of impact or just estimate how many clicks to correct impact?

I virtue signal with my eye protection, too. Nicely done

Oh, thank God for this video I thought I was going nuts with the opposites haha

Thank you

Safety glasses on your forehead only protect your forehead

Anyone else notice he didn't put his glasses down? Lol

Can this been done with a pump action 30/06

So is it always opposite (even after first adjustment, before first shot) until you have it where you want the sight ? Or afyer first adjustment is it how you would normally zero in a scope? Thanks

When finished bore sighting, am I supposed to change to dialing elevation up when shooting low & move right when shooting left? Thanks.

Great vid

very cool will try this in a few

What rifle and stock is that? Currently building a rifle and want to check that stock out.

How do you use the reticle in your scope to determine adjustments?

What rifle are you shooting in this video?

I want to know what bags he's using in the video please? Thank u!

nice. thanks

Eye protection?

Thank you!!!!

Can’t wait to try this

Eye pro !!

Great work brother 🤙🏿🤙🏿🤙🏿

great video

THANK YOU

Hi good vid.👍 I got me Atn x pro sight so if i zero at 100 yards 6.5 cm. Bregara b14 is rifle what distances you think i can stay flat in that cal. thing is redicle got no dots is digital. So lets say maby 2 to 3 inch poi. diference im thinkin i should be good up to 300 yards with that poi. Its gonna be for hunt purpose. What is your opinion? Any answer fom exper as you would help, tnx.

Can anyone explain why when I zero my optic, after a couple of shots I have to re sight the optic? It looses zero after a couple of rounds. Like 2 or 3

Somebody that knows what there talking about 😇 he covers scope adjustments, thank you. Some of you should take note or just get the hell off youtube.

So after you bore sight you adjust your scope?

Getting ready to pop my Viper onto my Larue so this was helpful.

Excellent

Enjoyed this! I’m just now getting into the rifle precision competitions again. I did the train up for the mammoth sniper challenge and this would have been helpful! Great stuff!

Good idea to sight in by stages. 1st stages : 2-3 shots for general . 2nd stage:2-3 shots to "dial it in". Let that barrel cool down between stages to eliminate harmonic distortion of the barrel. I learned that the hard way, nothing like chasing the sight to make you feel like you suck at shooting!!!!!!

.......funny how dinosaurs have to be introduced/reintroduced to the young/new generation ,.... whom are sure they know it all.....lol - thanks fer sharing a 100 +yr. old tried & true method that SO many know-it-alls didn't catch from the boooomers....lol

Silly American talking about sighting Russian AK. In Soviet Russia, AK sight YOU!

safety glasses on your head, not your eyes...

so is the safety glasses just a head gear? u should do another video where you properly use eye protection

Maybe it's just my older eyes, but this isn't my favorite method. First of all, you knew your trajectory was going to be lower than your bore sight-line so add that in right off the start: I prefer, using a good ballistic program, doing my bore-sight at 50 or less, ballistic program gives you both angular and inches “drop” (your barrel will be shooting low at 50 for a 100 yard zero), so mark that point on your target, confirm the angle with your reticle, point the scope at the target center, the barrel at the lower mark, and in my limited experience, you'll be better off than trying to make out what you're barrel is aimed at at 100. Also, the lasers I've seen aren't going to be visible at 100, at least not in daylight, if you have a rifle that requiresthat method.

that was great,,,, i'll be trying this very shortly....thanks for the info...