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Ive found that I get a better look at the area just in front of the case mouth when placing the scope in from the muzzle. Less shadowing and less chance of mistaking a shadow for a carbon ring..
The opening is right there, no fishing, being the cable is coated, don't worry about crown damage. Just easier, I'm lazy.What advantages have you found coming in from the muzzle, and also why do you leave the bolt in? I'm going to try this - it'll be different for me.
I've had a Teslong since they became available but have always went in from the chamber. The shadows drive me nuts trying to figure out what I'm looking at.
Thanks to the OP for posting and for your response. I'm always willing to try something different if it gives you a warmer fuzzy feeling.
That's a solid idea! ThanksFor the larger calibers you can use orings on your Teslong to help w/ keeping it centered.
Now I will have to find my o-ring assortment....glad I keep one handyThat's a solid idea! Thanks
I drill out the flash hole of a case slightly larger than the bore guide, this centers the bore scope shaft. I insert the case with bore scope attached into the chamber.Just make sure you use a bore guide. Makes things a lot easier and smoother plus my personal opinion is it's easy to manipulate your bore scope.
I find after putting the oring on apply a light coat of lubricant to help keeping it from dragging. I have a Site light for scope mounting. So I use the orings from that. And if none of them work then I dig the kits out.That's a solid idea! Thanks
I bought a Hawkey 12 yrs ago under the assumption that I was qualified to interpret what I saw inside a barrel.I used to borescope jet engines for work, and although the equipment was different some things just apply.
Perception is generally shocking to a first time user. Without knowing how to gauge size everything looks catastrophic.
If you know depth of grooves, width of lands, or chamber dimensions for example, it helps keep things in perspective. A flaw is a flaw, however a crater in the borescope might only be a couple ten-thousendths deep.
Look at a couple of good shooting barrels first, knowing they shoot well and seeing how they actually look while doing it, will help keep blood pressure and heart attacks under control.