We like BBQ. We like fishing. What about guns?

[RG]

Nice looking AR Jason! Don't think the shotgun pics came through. How does the AR shoot?

Dad gum!! I made the post and never added the pics, lol. I was being "harassed" by my wife to "help her" or some non-sense

I fixed it though, you should see 3 pics now.

The AR shoots fine, it's the operator that has the problem. All I have been doing is slinging expensive lead down the field! I can't get the dang sights zeroed in for squat! I think I may need some blue loctite to hold the set screws in place. That AR kicks like a donkey and I think it's losing zero!

[RG]

The collection just grew again. My Dad gave me a Glock 27 .40 and he sent it in the mail, lol. He's crazy!! Also, although he had no mag in the gun, he did have a round in the chamber!!!!!

[DivotMaker]

Boy, did he get lucky the Post Office was being their usual selves!  I think that would have normally raised some big red flags!!

[RG]

I had to get onto him a little bit. I told him don't EVER send me a gun in the mail, just give it to me in person. He lives out of state and I don't see him much so he just figured he'd pack it up and send it!! Crazy.

I ended up giving that Glock to my son. He had recently bought a Glock .40 and had buyer's remorse. I don't know what model or generation it is but he wanted a smaller version for CC purposes so I gave him my newly acquired 27 as it's smaller than the one he bought. I told him to sell the one he has. He paid $300 for it, it was a police trade in. Hopefully he can find a buyer.

[DivotMaker]

Glad you're not on a "watch" list now, Jason!

[DivotMaker]

Not getting "political," but this is funny!  Thank Dave (Old Sarge) for sending it to me!

[RG]

Not getting "political," but this is funny!  Thank Dave (Old Sarge) for sending it to me!

LOVE IT!! LOL

[RG]

I went shooting yesterday with my Wife, Son and Brother and for the life of me I can't get that dang AR sighted in for nothing! I am to the point where I am willing to let someone do it for me! I know......I ought to be ashamed but I just can't get it! Any idea what that service would run? I have a red/green dot sight and a magnifier that is quick connect mounted to the picatinny rail on top. The front iron sight is still in place, rear one was removed obviously.

[SuperDave]

Jason, do they make a bore laser for that gun? 

[DivotMaker]

Jason, do they make a bore laser for that gun?

Standard .223 laser sight.  I like the one that's shaped like a shell casing and fits in the bore.  You can also use the universal type, that have different size rods that fit the end of the barrel (for the right caliber).  It gives you a good starting point, and makes fine-tuning at the range much easier!

One thing I would recommend, Jason, is any sight attachment on a Picatinny rail needs to be tightened-down well, and don't remove it.  Yes, it's for quick attachment, but once you have it sighted-in, you'll never be able to remove/reattach without having to zero it again.

[RG]

Dave, yep Tony is right, they do make one but I am not sure which one to get. I've seen some on Amazon but all seem to have mixed reviews. If you know of one to recommend I'd love to hear it!

[mizzoufan]

Since the purpose of a bore sighter is just to get you on paper, I just started at 25 yards (if you can't get on paper at 25 yards, you probably need to remount the optics) then worked my way up.  I also had to adjust a few more times as I got used to the AR style of rifle.  I'm going to assume that it was because my shoulder placement changed as I got more used to the rifle

[SuperDave]

Since the purpose of a bore sighter is just to get you on paper, I just started at 25 yards (if you can't get on paper at 25 yards, you probably need to remount the optics) then worked my way up.  I also had to adjust a few more times as I got used to the AR style of rifle.  I'm going to assume that it was because my shoulder placement changed as I got more used to the rifle

I agree with the getting on paper part but my experience with rifles and scopes is 25 yards is too close.  The angle of the scope to barrel to get on paper will be such that one will be off by a foot or more at 100 yards.  The first time that I tried to sight in my rifle using your approach, I went through 2 boxes of ammo just to get on paper at 100.  I would suggest maybe starting at 50 for the initial sighting.  It was also helpful for me to plaster multiple targets at the 100 yard mark so that if I missed the intended target, I still had a reference to where the holes I was making actually were. 

Jason, I agree with Tony, a chambered bore sight would be the way I would go with that.

[old sarge]

Might this link be of some assistance?

https://www.ar15.com/mobile/topic.html?b=3&f=18&t=556355

[DivotMaker]

Excellent zero targets, Dave! 

Stephen - I agree that a boresight is just intended to get "close."  But, the new laser sights are so much more accurate than the old optical boresighters, you can get much closer.  I like to boresight a rifle at 50 yds, then zero (live ammo) at 100.  Haven't checked the ballistics of the .223/5.56 flight path, as my experience with tight zeros has always been with a .308 accurized bolt-action and match-grade ammo.  That round crosses zero at 50 and 100 yards.  For those of you following, that means if you are zeroed at 50 yds, it will be zeroed at 100, because the flight path of the bullet is still rising when it crosses 50 yards, and has fallen back to the same point at 100.