Product Reviews, Shooting Sports

How to use a Laser Boresighter

In my previous review of the Wolfroad green laser boresighter, some of the comments I had doubted the suitability of the device because it wasn’t spot-on when installed. In this episode, I show how to use a bore sighter to sight in a scope, optic, or open sights.

Laser bore sighters, which fit into the muzzle of your barrel, are not 100% dead nuts center on your bore. There’s a certain amount of looseness in the tolerances, from the laser diode to the straightness of the stem, to threads of the screw on the caliber adapter. It’s normal that they’re just a few degree’s off.

But by using a little practical geometry we can get around this imprecision. By rotating the bore sighter while attached to your barrel, the laser dot traces a circle around the center of its axis; your barrel. You can either estimate the center of that circle or simply position the dot at the nadir of the curve, you can aim the vertical/elevation centerline with your barrel.

This will almost certainly get you on paper if nothing else. Once you get holes on paper you can make finer adjustments to zero your sights.

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Shooting Sports

Shot Show 2022: KALI-103

The AK47 is the most widely produced firearm in history. Legendary for their reliability, even in the harshest conditions. And now, even the most inhospitable environment: California. At the Kalashnikov booth at Shot Show I dropped in and asked about their new California compliant AK the Kali-103, a 7.62×39 chambered AK with a featureless grip, covered barrel compensator threads, and a 30″ overall length.

Shooting Sports

Shot Show 2022: Rock Island Armory SK100

Rock Island Armory (RIA) is best known for making value tier 1911’s, they debuted their first Glock platform pistol, the STK100. This all-metal pistol is reported to be fully Glock compatible though the extent of compatibility with after-market parts remains to be seen. The Philippines has a long history of gun making and have repaired and built 1911’s since their adoption into the U.S. Army. RIA has a reputation for making quality 1911’s and revolvers at budget prices. The STK100 has an MSRP of $599 and is expected to have a street price about a hundred less.

Unfortunately, I live in California where our infamous Pistol Roster law makes it impossible for civilians to purchase any pistol released after 2007 and many older pistols brands/makes that chose not to apply for California’s onerous registration process such as Colt.

Product Reviews

Shot Show 2022: Zippo Heatbank 6 Pro

I was a bit surprised to see Zippo at Shot Show but when I thought about it, they are a brand closely related to the U.S. military history and for most of the 20th century, were as much a part of a guy’s every-day-carry as a pocket knife.

I’m guessing most of the orders they took at the show were for custom logo editions of their iconic lighter. When I asked what “new” products they had, I was shown their newest electronic hand warmer. It’s MSRP is over $50 which is a bit pricy for a 5200mAh power bank (typically hi-capacity power banks are 10,000mAh or more). I’m not convinced that their brand halo justifies premium pricing on a unit that doesn’t appear as physically unique as their lighter?

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Shooting Sports

Shot Show 2022: Walther Competition Rifles

I visited the Walther/Umarex booth at Shot Show to take a look at their competition rifle offerings. While I may never put down the money for one of these beautiful rimfires, it was still worth seeing them. What was interesting was that Umarex bought the high-end airgun maker Hämmerli and now use it as their entry-level brand below Walther.

Most Olympic sports would be better if they were like the Biathlon and included a rifle portion.

Shooting Sports

Coyote Point Rifle and Pistol Club: Feb 6, 2022

This weekend, I participated in the Coyote Point Rifle and Pistol Club’s first rifle first rifle match of the year. This was a 100yrd rimfire open and unsanctioned match. That means it was open to any smallbore rimfire rifle gun (or pistol) that could accurately fire on targets 100 yards away. For the match we were allowed the use of magnified optics and support devices such as bipods, tripods, and stands.

While everybody wanted to bring their best gear and A-game to the range, the ultimate goal was to draw out as many members from their post holiday doldrums and come out the range and enjoy some trigger time. We were moderately successful with 8 shooters on what turned out to be a beautiful, if chilly (for San Francisco) Sunday morning.

I brought out my CZ457 VPC which I honestly haven’t shot since the last match in November. The only change was my use of a single-shot magazine/adapter, which avoids the risk of the bullet face getting damaged as they get stripped from a magazine. This proved to be my biggest problem in the match as I was unfamiliar with the new device and also experienced a few failures to eject spent shells. I’ll have to use it for a bit to see if “breaking-in” is required or if I have a lemon?

Despite my new-hardware issues I managed to earn 1st place, hitting the bullseye 10 times on my 4 targets. It was a close match as I was only 3 points higher than the 2nd place shooter and 7 points higher than 3rd.

Club Website
https://www.coyotepointrpc.org

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