Universal Red Laser Bore Sight Kit

I recently bought, reviewed, and returned the LaserLyte competitive product. I knew what kind of tool I wanted and bought the most expensive version of it in the belief that it would be the "best".After returning the LaserLyte, I decided to try again with the Strong Tools boresighter in green. The price was approximately half that of the LaserLyte. In comparison:1. Strong Tools boresighter comes in a nice plastic case that closes tightly and has a properly fitting place for each component of the kit. LaserLyte comes in a fragile foam sleeve with no place to keep anything.2. The instructions for Strong Tools, while containing grammatical and typographical errors, are clear, and there is an explanation not only how to set the sighter up, but also how to use it. LaserLyte was incoherent with illustrations that were useless, and with no advice on how to use the tool.3 The Strong Tools sighter has an on-off switch. The only way to turn the LaserLyte off is to remove the three fiddly little batteries, which are prone to falling out of the uncovered recess anyway. Also, Strong Tools uses one single battery (and comes with a spare).4. Both the Strong Tools and LaserLyte have multiple plastic inserts for different calibers. In the Strong Tools kit, the adjustment screw is already IN the plastic insert and ready for use. The LaserLyte screws and plastic inserts are loose in a plastic bag, and the little screws DO NOT FIT THROUGH THE HOLES in the insert. I note (retroactively) that this is a common problem with LaserLyte, and many users report having had to drill the holes in the plastic inserts to get the screws in. The plastic inserts are extremely fragile and seem prone to breakage while doing the drilling, which you would think would not be necessary anyway. I did not find out, because after taking 20 minutes to figure out how to power up, and 15 trying in vain to get the screw through the insert without breaking it, I returned it (the LaserLyte).5. The green laser was bright and easily visible both through the scope, and without, at the 50 yard measured distance at which I was sighting. In an hour, taking my time, I had sighted or resighted two 22LR rifles, a 221FB handgun, and a 22-250 rifle. It was easy as could be. I was working outdoors in cloudy daylight and there was no problem in seeing the lasers. For each weapon sighted, I would match the scope to the laser dot, then remove the sighting tool and replace it and resight to see if the laser point of aim was the same. It was not, but the variance was only about 1-3 clicks, mostly windage. This gave me confidence that the Strong Tools is working consistently.6. I have not yet fired any of the guns, so I cannot yet say if "consistent" is matched by "accurate". However, one of the rifles sighted was an extremely accurate Brno Model 1 with a Leupold 2-7 Rimfire scope that I knew to already be sighted properly. The StrongTool laser and the scope crosshair were almost perfectly aligned on the first try, so I am optimistic that the other three will be "on the paper" when I start the firing tests.I almost gave up on this type of tool after my experience with the LaserLyte. I'm glad I did not, though I'm glad I gave up on the LaserLyte. At half the price, the Strong Tools option is the best. In fact it would also be the best if it were twice the price of the LaserLyte. It would also be better even if the LaserLyte were FREE, assuming that you want your tools to conveniently accomplish what they were designed to do. I do.

I rarely write reviews as products should work as advertised. This is an exception, the good kind. I have had 2 name brand laser boresights, but they all have 3 common problems. The batteries are tiny and you need 4 to operate the boresight, the red laser is hard to see outside unless you have reflective target, and the tail is too thick (won't fit in .17 HMR rifles) and too long (reaches the chamber area in EDC handguns and has no way to fit snug)This item corrects all that, the green shows up on my standard targets on a tree 50 yards out in the back yard or can be taped to the fireplace chimney in the backyard about 15 yards away. The battery is 1 lithium battery and I have been using this a few months now on that same batter...the unit comes with 2. So much easier to load this one. The tail of the product is great, it is thin enough I can use it for my .17 HMR rifles so no longer need the special bullet shaped laser boresight I bought for them. The tail is also short enough to give a solid fit and rifles and all my handguns. I have a Ruger LCP Max with a 3"+ barrel and it fits nicely. All my other handguns are from 3.5" up to 5" lengths, it fits them all without reach the more open chamber are where the national brands tail reaches.This product is the last boresight you need. easy to see and gets your sights or scopes on target before you get to the range. This puts you on paper when you take your first shots then you can make adjustments as needed. Fantastic product, I am happy with its performance and would highly recommend

I had another laser boresighter from a well-known firearms accessory maker, but the shank on it was too long to work with the short barrels of compact handguns, causing the barrel adapters to wind up in the chambers. The StrongTools boresighter has a fairly short shank and therefore doesn’t have this problem, though it may not work well with some rifles that have large muzzle brakes.The StrongTools is well made and feels very solid. It also comes in a nice, functional storage box (my name-brand boresighter did not and lives in a ZipLock bag to prevent the barrel adapters from being lost). There’s a short illustrated manual explaining proper use, which barrel adapter to use for different calibers, as well as troubleshooting steps. The barrel adapters are in a high-quality ZipLock bag which also has the adapter-to-caliber information on it. One thing that I appreciated is that each barrel adapter has its own screw for attaching the adapter to the shank of the boresighter — my other one has a single screw, and the fine pitch and long screw make switching adapters a pain.The green laser is very bright and should be visible in all indoor and most outdoor settings at any distance that’s reasonable for boresighting. Remember that you still need to confirm your zero with life fire.My only complaint about the StrongTools boresighter is that the identification numbers on the barrel adapters are tiny and molded in a strange location. I inspected several of them and initially thought the numbers were missing before noticing them. They are on the face of the petals that expand against the barrel rather than the base of the adapter. This is one area where my old boresighter’s adapters are much better.Overall I highly recommend this product, especially if you are working primarily with pistols.Update 1/17/23: I shot a pistol with a Holosun 507C on it yesterday, and while I had previously zeroed the sight using live fire, I felt that the group I was shooting yesterday at 6.5 yards was high and right.Once I got home I put the boresighter on the gun, and sure enough, the green dot was about 2” right and 1.5” high at 15 yards. I made the necessary adjustments on the 507C and expect my next live fire to be bang on.

Great product for the money worked perfectly