Covering UTG DTP adaptors, more on Henry Repeating Arms, Umarex USA, Inc, LaserLyte and Browning in this edition of “A Little Gun Rap”
I received the UTG DTP adaptors and they worked perfectly for mounting the OTW Red Dot scopes to the Henry Repeating Arms Mare’s Leg and Umarex USA, Inc. NXG pump rifle.
Switching the reversible mount on the scope to the Picatinny mount, and placing the DTPs in the slot is all that was needed. What was even better is that the DTPs came with screws that can be removed for the Henry, but stay in place for the Umarex which has slots like a normal Weaver. This keeps the scope from sliding back and forth, which can be a problem, especially on a pump or break barrel model.
With the rail adaptors in place both tightened down like a normal 3/8 or 10mm mount.
The next project is to use the LaserLyte boresight to do some initial sighting, and then fire the guns to see what happens.
With well below zero weather that may be a little time before completion.
While ordering I decided to get an extra DTP set to keep on hand. You never know when it may come in handy. So far it seems like a great product.
Until next time, shoot safe and have a great day of plinking.
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Here are a couple of Coast lights that are great for looking in the bore to see how dirty things may be. One is a penlight while the other is called an inspection light. The penlight fits into many of the chambers really well. I’ve been using it on my semi-auto pistols and Henry Repeating Arms lever action rifles.
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I just couldn’t wait to do something with the LaserLyte boresight, so figured something out by using my Browning Buck Mark with matching Reflex sight.
A couple of weeks ago, Mark Millichamp and I were shooting together, and tried out the Buck Mark. We both hit the mark with the way I had the Reflex adjusted. As Mark said, I must have had it right on. So, I thought I would take the LaserLyte unit and insert it into the Buck Mark bore to see how the sight and sighting unit would match up. At a little over 10 yards, which is about 10 meters where I had sighted it in originally, and about the distance where Mark and I were shooting, the sight’s red dot and laser dot were right together. In fact so much so, that I had to turn one off to see if there was a difference in intensity, which there was, so know that they were dead center together.
This gives me hope that the LaserLyte is the product for which I’ve been searching for a long time. Now if I could just figure a way to get it to work with the .177 of an air gun.
By the way, for anyone who purchases one of the LaserLyte units, be sure not to tighten the screw for the adaptor all the way in. It will flare it out too much, and it will not fit the bore. Only tighten it enough to give the unit a snug fit. There is also a little problem with turning it on and off. I don’t know if it is my unit, or this is normal with all of them. However, if that is the only down side, and this thing really puts you on the mark, then it is well worth the slight inconvenience.
Now I’m really anxious to see how this thing works with a scope that I set with it, and do some actual firing.
Until next time, shoot safe and have a great day of plinking.