APPENDIX D



BORESIGHT PROCEDURES

1. Stabilize, the weapon so that it has no cant. The weapon can be stabilized in a rifle box rest or, in a field location, use a rucksack or sandbags.

2a. Boresighting the borelight:. Place the mandrel, with the borelight attached in the muzzle of the weapon. Turn on the borelight so that the laser dot strikes a target ten meters to the front. Slowly rotate the borelight while watching the dot made by the laser on the target area. If the dot remains stationary the laser is boresighted. Go to step 3, and use appropriate target for the weapon sight combination is being boresighted. If the dot rotates in a circle the windage or elevation or both must be adjusted until the dot remains stationary. Go to step 2b.

2b. Move the target to a distance of two meters. Mark the location of the laser dot. Slowly rotate the borelight one half turn. Note the new location of the laser dot. Adjust the windage and elevation until the laser dot move one half way back to its original location. Continue the procedure until the laser dot remains stationary when the borelight is rotated. Move the target to a distance of ten meters and recheck the boresight.

3. To Boresight select the target for the weapon and sight combination being used. The weapon is boresighted when the laser borelight is on the small dot and the sighting device is on the cross. For specific weapon and sight combinations follow the instructions on the target.

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