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With the state of flux in both availability and cost of quality ammunition, anything a shooter can do to reduce the amount of time he or she spends zeroing a rifle or pistol translates to lower costs, and certainly much more fun shooting. In this review we checked out Steiner eOptics' MBS-AA Borelight.
With the state of flux in both availability and cost of quality ammunition, anything a shooter can do to reduce the amount of time he or she spends zeroing a rifle or pistol translates to lower costs, and certainly much more fun shooting. In this review we checked out Steiner eOptics' MBS-AA Borelight.
With the state of flux in both availability and cost of quality ammunition, anything a shooter can do to reduce the amount of time he or she spends zeroing a rifle or pistol translates to lower costs, and certainly much more fun shooting. In this review we checked out Steiner eOptics' MBS-AA Borelight.
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MBS-AA Borelight From Steiner eOptics
By: Sal Palma
With the state of flux in both availability
and cost of quality ammunition, anything a shooter can do to reduce the amount of time he or she spends zeroing a rifle or pistol translates to lower costs, and
certainly much more fun shooting. How do
you accomplish that? You do what the military has done for years and thats bore sight your weapons. There are a number of ways to bore sight a rifle or pistol. The most basic method is optical alignment of the bore centerline with a distant target. On a bolt action rifle for example, the shooter removes the bolt from the action and from a stable steadied position sights through the bore and optically aligns the bore with a distant target such that the target is centered on the bore axis. The shooter then adjusts his or her optic so that the crosshairs are centered on the target. This approach has worked for years and is particularly effective for bolt action rifles like the M24 but it is far less helpful when we start looking at bore sighting a carbine like the M16, M4 or SCAR weapon systems. Nonetheless, optical bore alignment is an acceptable approach and when properly performed will get you on paper. However, it does have a number of limitations notwithstanding that its generally not successful when bore sighting thermal or
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MBS-AA Borelight From Steiner eOptics
night vision weapon sights, pistols or the
AR-15 patterned rifles. A second method, and by far the most flexible, is to use a mandrel based bore sight like a laser bore sighting tool. However, over the years, in spite of its flexibility, laser bore sighting has gotten a bum rap from shooters. In working on this review, I spent quite a bit of time speaking to shooters to gain an understanding of the sentiment and walked away from that experience with a sense that most dissatisfaction with laser bore sighting tools result from a lack of information and poor product selection. There are huge differences between professional grade laser bore sighting tools, like Steiners MBS-AA Borelight, and retail box store borelights. Most shooters expressing dissatisfaction with laser bore sighting tools based opinions on their experience with inexpensive commercial devices - Im referring to the $30 - $50 off the shelf units. Although their price may be attractive, youre giving up a great deal in quality, ease of use, reliability and repeatability. There are major differences between these units and professional grade devices. Another factor is lack of knowledge, a major contributor to shooter negative impressions. Interestingly, most shooters
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dont seem to understand the need to true
up the laser with the mandrel. Its an important step in the bore sighting process that has to be performed or youll never achieve a reliable and more importantly repeatable bore sight. The erroneous assumption among shooters that manufacturers ship the bore sight already aligned to the mandrel could not be further from reality. To validate my assertion, insert your new bore sighting tool in your rifles bore, and while projecting the laser dot on a blank wall rotate the bore sighting tool. In most cases what youll see is the laser dot trace a large or oddly shaped circle rather than a stationary and clearly defined dot. It applies TO ALL laser bore sighting tools regardless of price point. Trueing inexpensive lasers with the bore is problematic at best. In most cases, the process requires independently adjusting 4 set screws to achieve concentricity of the laser with the bore easier said than done and its quite likely youll experience your embalming before you successfully complete the process. In the mildly vulgar vernacular, its a gargantuan pain in the ass! So, if you want to reliably bore sight your weapon, youll have to accept the need to spend a few bucks on a quality borelight. The upside is accuracy, repeatability, Copyright 2015, Twobirds Flying Publication, All Rights Reserved
MBS-AA Borelight From Steiner eOptics
platform independence and compatibility
with night optics and thermal sights, which brings me to Steiners MBS-AA Borelight. At first glance, the MBS-AA is a precision quality tool. Originally designed by Laser Devices Inc., Monterey, CA. it entered Steiners product portfolio with the acquisition of Laser Devices, Inc. in 2014 military and government readers should reference NSN 4933-01-564-2609. The kit ships with two stainless steel mandrels, one for use with pistols the other for your long guns. Included in the kit are inserts for the following calibers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
.22 / .223 /5.56mm
.223 / 5.56 OVERSIZE .270 / 7mm .30 / 30-06 / .308 / 7.62mm .38 / .357 / 9mm .40 / 10mm .44 / .45 .50 A single AA battery and a small screw driver are also provided.
The mechanics behind mandrel style bore
sighting tools is concentricity of the bore
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sight with the bore, which is achieved
whenever alignment is based on two points of contact. In this case, the appropriate insert for the caliber aligns in the bore and the cone shaped mandrel provides the second point of contact at the muzzle. With this arrangement anything short of a bent mandrel assures concentricity with the bore. However, a concentric mandrel does not translate to a concentric laser. The user must also align the laser to be concentric with the bore. Unlike devices that require independent adjustment of 4 set screws radially dispersed, Steiner provides two laser adjustment controls similar to those found on weapon sights - one for elevation and one for windage this feature alone makes alignment of the MBS-AA laser a cakewalk. As with any laser bore sighting tool, the laser must be checked for proper alignment, fortunately this is a procedure thats usually performed only once. To center Steiners Borelight, I used a spare barrel from a Ruger 10/22. I placed the barrel in a bench vise adjusting it so that it was completely level and parallel with the floor. I placed a target 10 yards directly in front of the muzzle and at the same height then powered up the MBS-AA. Next, using a black marker, I placed a dot on the exact laser spot, which will serve as my reference for the balance of the procedure. I moved on from there following Steiners recommended procedure1. 1
Steiner devotes several pages of the owners
manual to describing the procedure. Copyright 2015, Twobirds Flying Publication, All Rights Reserved
MBS-AA Borelight From Steiner eOptics
Per the owners manual, I rotated the
Borelight clockwise 90 and marked its position on the target; I designated that point as P1. If there is no noticeable shift in the laser dots position from your reference youre done. However, if there is a shift as in my case, rotate the Borelight another 90 in a clockwise direction and again mark the target accordingly. I designated the second point P2. Steiner then suggests using a straightedge to draw a line connecting the two dots and determine the exact center of the P1P2 line segment. Once this is done, use the windage and elevation adjustments to shift the laser to the midpoint of line segment P1P2. Youll need to repeat the procedure until you observe no shift in the laser dot position. I ended up having to repeat the process a second time to bring the laser dot into alignment with the bore. Once youve performed the alignment, your laser should be concentric with any bore thereafter, so I encourage you to be as meticulous as possible when performing the laser alignment procedure that Ive laid out for you . Now youre ready to bore sight with accuracy and repeatable reliability. Conditioned by prior experiences with laser bore sighting tools, I approached the MBSAA with a healthy dose of skepticism and to assess reliability I checked Steiners Borelight against a rifle that was perfectly zeroed. The vertical reticle split the laser dot in half and the horizontal reticle was at its appropriate sight offset for the caliber and range zeroed.
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I then removed the MBS-AA, separating the
insert from the mandrel and the mandrel from the laser, reassembled everything and reinserted it several times with precisely the same results. You will never see this level of performance with retail bore sighting tools. One of its many excellent attributes is weapon platform independence. You can use Steiners MBS-AA Borelight to bore sight your AR with its A2 birdcage still installed. Use it to dial in your magnified optic, Aimpoint, EOTech or BUIS. The MBSAA will perform equally well across a variety of long guns and handguns. The bad news is its $424 M.S.R.P., which could dampen some of your enthusiasm until you frame it with some eye-opening numbers like the following; 1. 2. 3. 4.
.308 Federal 168 = $26 per box of 20
300 Win Mag 190 = $45 per box of 20 338 Lapua = $90 per box2 of 20 50 BMG = $60 to $90 per box of 10.
You dont need to be a C.P.A. to understand
the financial dynamics. The potential savings in ammunition costs alone make for a very short payback period. Lastly, youre also getting a precision tool that will provide exceptional results, for years to come, when it is prepped and employed per manufacturer suggestion. -SP.
This is an average price calculated across 5
manufacturers. Lowest price found $65 highest $117. Copyright 2015, Twobirds Flying Publication, All Rights Reserved