I'm trying to laser bore sight a Nikon prostaff to my Remington 700 and I still need my crosshairs to go down and my problem is, is that the down turret is maxed to the fullest down setting and won't adjust anymore. What should I do ? I'm planning on getting a Ziess this Monday and don't want to run into the same problem.
I'd suggest looking at the rings that the rifles manufacturer make. There are tons of manufacturers of rings out there. But my guess would be that the rifle manufacturer knows their rifles pretty good
Try switching the rings form front to back. You may have unknowingly bought canted rings so you could maximize the elevation on your scope. So say you bought one with a 15 MOA (minutes of angle cant) and reversed the rings would make you higher versus lower as intended.
Try reversing the rings from front to back and see if that helps. If not then try another set of rings.
Now have you actually put rounds down range or just bore sighted with the laser? Before you put all your faith in the laser actually put rounds down range and verify the reading.
Unless you have a canted base and its backwards? That would cause the issue as your describing as well.
Your sight height will not intersect with the bore at until about 15- yards or so. If you are trying to bring it down to intersecting with the bore at very close ranges. Say 5 yards, you are in fact "sighting in" at about 500 yards or so.
You should start with boresighting at parallell. I.e. If your sight is 1" higher than the center of the bore. Try to sight it in so that you are looking at 1" higher at whatever distance you are sighting in at.
This will get you on paper at short distances, and you can correct for the rest later.
Screw the boresighter which is probably out of whack---go to the range, set a target up at 25 yds and shoot one bullet...Now adjust your crosshairs to be on that bullet hole...Shoot again and you should be nearly on the bullseye...Now adjust for your desired point of aim say ½" high and fire your third shot and you should be dead on.
Take your target to 100 yds and fire one shot and see where it hits, make minor corrections to put it on your POA and fire your fifth shot...You are now sighted in.
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Boresighting is a great starting point but there is no substitute for actual shooting. Nikon has a program called "SpotOn" on their website. You should check it out as you can plug in your scope, your ammo or reload data, and get zero and range data. I have found it is pretty accurate and only needs minor adjusting based on the individual gun due to barrel length etc.
Don't waste your money when to align your scope just look at the side of a building at any distance away from you...Secure your gun in a vise or rigid stand and then adjust your vertical cross hair to the corner of the building and your scope is aligned.
Thanks all for the replies. Now I just hope I didn't screw up this Nikon by trying to bore sight it.
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