How do you align parallel? I have been searching google and youtube ALL DAY! Very few people even talk about POI vs Praralax let alone explain how to do it...
If I wanted to align parallel on my handgun I would do it with a laser bore sighter. I have a Crimson Trace laser mounted on the accessory rail on my Glock 48. I would lay my Glock 48 on piece of printer paper and take the point of a freshly sharpened pencil and press it down right next to the barrel to put a dot on the paper and I'll drop down and do the same thing next to the Crimson Trace laser where the laser comes out. Next thing draw a parallel line across the paper on each dot and measure the distance between them. Let's say that the distance between them is two and a half inches. With the pencil put a dot on each line one above the other. Take the paper and tape it to the wall about 6 feet away. Put a laser bore sighter in the barrel and turn on your rail mounted laser. Make sure that the laser coming out of the barrel is on the dot you made on the top line and the rail mounted laser is on the dot on the bottom line. If the dot from the rail mounted laser isn't hitting the dot on the lower line you'll have to turn the elevation and windage adjustment screws to get it on the dot. Since parallel is always the same and you put you Crimson Trace or whatever rail mounted laser you have on the target the bullet will always hit two and a half inches higher than the laser. I hope this helps you.
If the laser is adjusted for parallel to the center line of the bore, it doesn't matter what range you sight at. You will always have a consistent offset. If the the laser is adjusted fo converge at a certain distance the impact of the bullet can be anywhere from near the offset high at close range to near the offset low at double the zero range. Personally, I use the parallel method.
@@Tanglerwr well, it will be a consistent offset until the round starts dropping at farther ranges. For defensive shooting that will almost never be a problem as most defensive shots are within something like 7-10 feet.
on a handgun is there any downside of sightimg in your laser with the barrel and not the iron sights? I would be using the iron sights as primary and the laser if I can't get a good aim because of a compromised position.
Very informative. Thanks!
Great info
How do you align parallel? I have been searching google and youtube ALL DAY! Very few people even talk about POI vs Praralax let alone explain how to do it...
If I wanted to align parallel on my handgun I would do it with a laser bore sighter. I have a Crimson Trace laser mounted on the accessory rail on my Glock 48. I would lay my Glock 48 on piece of printer paper and take the point of a freshly sharpened pencil and press it down right next to the barrel to put a dot on the paper and I'll drop down and do the same thing next to the Crimson Trace laser where the laser comes out.
Next thing draw a parallel line across the paper on each dot and measure the distance between them. Let's say that the distance between them is two and a half inches. With the pencil put a dot on each line one above the other. Take the paper and tape it to the wall about 6 feet away. Put a laser bore sighter in the barrel and turn on your rail mounted laser. Make sure that the laser coming out of the barrel is on the dot you made on the top line and the rail mounted laser is on the dot on the bottom line.
If the dot from the rail mounted laser isn't hitting the dot on the lower line you'll have to turn the elevation and windage adjustment screws to get it on the dot.
Since parallel is always the same and you put you Crimson Trace or whatever rail mounted laser you have on the target the bullet will always hit two and a half inches higher than the laser. I hope this helps you.
thanks helped a lot
Just what I was looking for, thanks.
(I prefer parallel to "converging", I find it easier to be consistent at different ranges)
What distance did you zero the parallel?
If the laser is adjusted for parallel to the center line of the bore, it doesn't matter what range you sight at. You will always have a consistent offset.
If the the laser is adjusted fo converge at a certain distance the impact of the bullet can be anywhere from near the offset high at close range to near the offset low at double the zero range.
Personally, I use the parallel method.
@@Tanglerwr well, it will be a consistent offset until the round starts dropping at farther ranges. For defensive shooting that will almost never be a problem as most defensive shots are within something like 7-10 feet.
on a handgun is there any downside of sightimg in your laser with the barrel and not the iron sights? I would be using the iron sights as primary and the laser if I can't get a good aim because of a compromised position.
How would you sight in the laser with the barrel such that it would be different than parallel or converged???
if the laser is at a parallel setting then how can you see the laser
Nolan Mitchell Parallel means parallel to the centerline of the barrel.