Laser

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Here we go again. Ye'll just have to get used to me 'round here for now!

 

Ok, lads; When I bought my superb BSA Lightening XL (Funny how I now 'poo, poo' air rifles! Though I genuinely still wouldn't mind that Lightening around the place, for rats and such Can't be greedy, eh?!) I bought it and kitted it out with a 'scope and laser. And, before I realised what was going on, I found I was relying on the scope to show me the target, but firing to the laser. And, frankly, once I had that laser zero'd, I was unstoppable! Guess what I want now?!

 

So; Air rifle. .22 Hornet. World of differance! Couple of years differance too. Now we have widely available Green lasers

 

Oh, f*ck it. Ye know the craic by now: Speak to me! Please! Which? Where? How much? Why? I'll never be happy till I get another one. My old eyes? I bloody well Need one!

[woodga 170]

lasers are to much bother very easy to knock out of alignment just how many posts on these shooting forums do you see a laser sitting on top of a centre fire rifle ?? stick to a good quality scope that will stand up to a few knocks learn to use that and leave the lasers for the sas

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

lasers are to much bother very easy to knock out of alignment ..... leave the lasers for the sas

 

 

Aah, but; Ye don't know my history, Woodg!

 

No, seriously, point taken, mate. But they've come on leaps and bounds lately. I had absolutely no prob's with my one. And my mate Dean has one on his rimmy. 'Always has had' and reports no problemmo what so ever.

 

And I swear to god; It's not the S.A.S image trip with me ~ I prefer to go out alone anyway ~ I genuinely do find it helps my eyeballs no end. Squinting down a scope at --|-- isn't so easy for me, when I can't see the print in a book without my reading glasses on. And I can't afford new reading glasses yet, let alone them and a pair for shooting!

 

Perfectly good laser's probably cheaper than bloody glasses, these days, anyway!

[Yokel Matt 918]

In than case mate how about a scope with an illuminated reticule or central dot You can find some pretty reasonable second hand ones out and about... nice head shot on that crow on the other thread by the way

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

how about a scope with an illuminated reticule or central dot

 

 

NOW I find out what those bloody things are?! Having just bought an otherwise perfectly good scope?!

 

I wouldn't know about an illuminated reticule, mate. But aren't those central dots red? I've seen them refered to for a while now but, guess what? It never even crossed my mind to check them out because I'd simply always considered it a taken that I'd do as I did before: Get a normal scope and then aid it with a laser!

 

This learning curve's costing me a bloody fortune! I've just cracked off fifty quids worth of ammo ~ then heard about Bore Sighting! :whistle: Now this ..... F*ck it!

[SNAP SHOT 194]

HERE WE GO LAD,

totally agree with the last post about lasers, no need for one on your rifle, may be ok on a rimmy, not a centrefire rifle, it will only cause you more heartache than good. my option would be see if your dealer will take your scope back an get the hawke nite-eye dot scope. google hawke and their site will pop up. lovely looking scope. i have the hawke target 10x40 power for the .17 hmr and its excellent just going to add, did you adjust your scope for eye relief. any questions pm me. and i'll do my best for ye.

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[Guest Scuba1]

Ditch mate.. that liyyle hornet of yours is rapidly turning into a

 

 

ATB

 

Michael

[Guest JohnGalway]

Went on a laser search a while back, for my shotgun and possibly rimfire. Found out three things, they're expensive, they're relatively innacurate, the good ones cost a fortune/are ex military or located in the USA where they won't ship to you.

 

You'd be talking something like a two inch dot down range at 50 or 100 yards (I forget which). OK for a shotgun, for a CF rifle, fergedaboutit.

 

I've bought three scopes since I started shooting(Simmons Blazer, MTC Viper, Nightforce NXS), two have Illuminated reticles (fancy ones now not the £5 down the back end of the market jobbies) I never switch them on, not too many shooters do. For lamping, the kind of reticle that'll aid you most, especially for foxing is a relatively chunky one, so forget target reticles as they're too thin and you'll loose them in the background at night. I find the reticle on the MTC Viper to be a perfect width for this. But, it's also fine enough to shoot a greycrow at 202 yards.

 

Good quality glass, an accurate rifle, good chunky reticle, and ability to tell your ranges (or buy a cheap rangefinder off that well known auction site like Nikon ProStaff 440) will be your best bet.