Took out my BG380 and put another 50 rounds through it. Boy did I suck. I was shooting from 12 yards or so. I was able to hold the laser with in about 2 inches of center but all my shots were landing about 6 inches low.
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use the sights and see if it still shoots low.
If the laser is an inch lower than the bore , an imaginary line from both of them to the target will only be together - zeroed - at one distance. like a very thin triangle.
Past that point your red dot will be above the hole the bullet makes. the more distance the greater the space between the laser and the hole in your target.
One could set the laser to shine parallel to the bore , and just know it is always going to be shining that inch ( or whatever ) lower at most ranges you'll ever shoot a 380.
Ya I'm an idiot...I am embarrassed to admit that I didn't even think of trying it with the sights. I will try it Thursday. I had the stand at about 15' and was low then, so I moved it back farther. I will say that twice the slide stop caught the slide preventing it from chambering a round.
What would you do?
we would put a borescope in the gun barrel and both the barrel and gunsight would be zeroed on a star in the sky.
Just remember........A bad day at the range is still better than a good day at work.
Beat me to it. At least he got to the range. You don't wanna know how long it's been for me!
Besides, problems create a purpose and goal. What if every shot you made went through the x-ring? Done. Over. Nothing left to do and no reason to go to the range. Time for a new hobby.
Rember, if it ain't broke, you can't fix it. And where's the fun in that?
Great pic on how the parallax error plays in. The farther away the target is when you adjust the sights, the more parralel the bore is to the line of sight.
not really, you have to factor in gravity. Plus with the laser below the bore, you will only have 1 distance where the POA/POI meet opposed to 2 locations if the laser was above the bore
not really, you have to factor in gravity. Plus with the laser below the bore, you will only have 1 distance where the POA/POI meet opposed to 2 locations if the laser was above the bore
Took out my BG380 and put another 50 rounds through it. Boy did I suck. I was shooting from 12 yards or so. I was able to hold the laser with in about 2 inches of center but all my shots were landing about 6 inches low.