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Post by retnuhreed on Nov 28, 2009 11:19:55 GMT -5
I bought a thompson encore and a nice nikon scope. I had it bore sighted in at Dick's Sporting Goods. (FYI, it was way off so be sure to double check before you hunt with a laser sighted scope.) It is amazing how much more accurate it is then my 12 gauge. My shotgun is going to stay in the safe from now on. Anyhow, I'm going out tonight and tomorrow morning to put it in action.
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Post by lonniephillips on Nov 28, 2009 11:34:39 GMT -5
all guns that have been bore sighted should be "fine tuned" before "ANYONE" tries to hunt with them
My understanding and experience is that a bore sighter only gets you "on the paper"
good luck with your new smoke pole!
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Post by crazybuck on Nov 28, 2009 12:07:48 GMT -5
I have a Encore and you will love it. It is about all I hunt with anymore. Like Lonnie said, boresighting will just put it on the paper. A cheap and easy way to boresight is to fasten your barrel into a sight vice. Look down through the barrel and sight a distant object into the center of the bore. Then look through the scope, without moving the position of the barrel, and adjust it to the same distant object. Check between looking through the bore and looking through the sight a couple of times to make sure they are both on the same object. After that, take it out and fine tune it by shooting it.
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Post by indybassin on Nov 28, 2009 19:01:58 GMT -5
very nice rig, should post up some pics or vids showing your groups with that bad boy.
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Post by huntingman on Nov 29, 2009 15:14:43 GMT -5
how mcuh was it?
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Post by retnuhreed on Nov 29, 2009 17:13:57 GMT -5
Dicks has TC Omega for $375 and I bought the scope for $100 on ebay it was 160 at walmart online.
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Post by hp on Nov 29, 2009 17:41:32 GMT -5
what did you buy? the Omega or the Encore
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Post by dbd870 on Nov 30, 2009 8:11:50 GMT -5
I have an Encore ML with a Nikon as well - great minds!  |
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Post by tickman1961 on Nov 30, 2009 9:40:24 GMT -5
Enjoy the smokepole.....
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