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Should you leave the LASER boresighter in while shooting?
Old 05-18-2008, 05:05 PM   #1
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Should you leave the LASER boresighter in while shooting?

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Old 05-18-2008, 06:01 PM   #4
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I smell a hoax...
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I smell a hoax...
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Old 05-18-2008, 06:19 PM   #6
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I saw this a loooong time ago, I don't think it's a hoax
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Dont think its a hoax either, but thats definitely not the first time its been posted, and probably not the guy it happened to. Those dollar figures were probably pulled out of thin air.
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didnt myth busters do something about how guns dont actualy banana peel like that?


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I've seen this before, and If I recall it was shown as a hoax.
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didnt myth busters do something about how guns dont actualy banana peel like that?


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That was a shotgun right? I think it could be done with a high powered rifle.
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