Saw a neat trick for sight alignment at the range in Bend

Was at the Central Oregon Shooting Sports range last weekend and watched a guy use a piece of clear plastic tubing as a bore sight. He'd slide it over the barrel, look down it from the breech, and line up the target through the tube before even touching his scope... it was way faster than my usual laser method. He said he got the idea from an old army manual. Has anyone else tried something like that for a quick rough-in?

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rodriguez.cora2d ago

Is that even safe to look down the barrel from the breech?

haydenburns1d ago

Yeah, the "old army manual" trick is legit. I used to think it was a bit sketchy too, like rodriguez.cora said, until I saw a range safety officer do it with the action open and a cleared gun. It's just for that initial rough sight picture. You still have to do the real zeroing with live fire, but it gets you on paper way faster. That plastic tube trick is basically a poor man's collimator.