Definitions
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- noun A
trial shot in rifle or artillery shooting, to set the range, targeting etc. - noun a
sight on aweapon - noun a
targeteer
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Bangladeshi left-handers, who had posted their country's previous best opening stand against England in the first innings, quickly demonstrated that was merely a 'sighter' as the tourists raced to 189 for two in only 43 overs off a chastened home attack.
icCheshireOnline 2010
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The Bangladeshi left-handers, who had posted their country's previous best opening stand against England in the first innings, quickly demonstrated that was merely a 'sighter' as the tourists raced to 189 for two in only 43 overs off a chastened home attack.
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The Bangladeshi left-handers, who had posted their country's previous best opening stand against England in the first innings, quickly demonstrated that was merely a 'sighter' as the tourists raced to 189 for two in only 43 overs off a chastened home attack.
icCoventry 2010
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I live here and every so often there is another sighter not alot but some.
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I live here and every so often there is another sighter not alot but some.
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I agree with you on the iron-sighter mount totally useless to me, but some hunters swear by them as the greatest invention ever made for a rifle.
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Set the scope vertical with the bore sighter, then tighten the scope, completely!
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Note the position on the bore sighter, loosen scope, adjust scope counter clockwise the same amount and retighten!
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I found the best thing that helped me fix my .243 was a laser bore sighter from Walmart.
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I found the best thing that helped me fix my .243 was a laser bore sighter from Walmart.
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