Tactical Mini Red Dot Laser Sight Scope with Barrel Clamp Mount for Rifle Shot Gun

My wife is totally new to shooting, so my .17 caliber air rifles (Daisy 880 & Winchester 1977XS) and variable pump pistol (Umarex Strike Point) are the first 'guns' of any kind she's ever handled. She's pretty sports-oriented and competitive, so she already has open sights understood if not totally under her belt yet, but since everything is still so new, she expressed an interest in something that might make acquiring the target even easier, so I decided I would try this "Higoo Tactical Mini Red Dot Laser With Barrel Clamp Mount" to see how it would work out. I will get around to mounting the scope that came with my Winchester eventually, once my wife is totally comfortable with open sights, but that's going to be awhile down the road. As for the laser, while I was an accomplished hunter and outdoorsman myself for many decades before I was disabled, I've never used anything more esoteric than open sights myself, so I was interested in checking out the laser too, although I wasn't expecting much at that price.Of my two air rifles, the Winchester is advertised at 1000FPS, so I hope it's at least somewhat more powerful than the 880, so I decided that was the rifle that would get the laser. If my wife ever felt a need to shoot anything other than a target (highly unlikely, but you never know), I wanted her to be able to use the most powerful airgun we have, so on the Winchester it goes. There's nothing like a detailed manual included with the gizmo, but it's okay, as one isn't needed, thank goodness. There is a tiny piece of folded paper inside the baggie with the hardware. That unfolds to roughly 3x5 inches of printed material and illustrations on one side only. The printing is in poor English (with atrocious grammar) in outline form and offers the reader a general description, several technical specifications, three tiny drawings of the device, and the 4-step installation/operation 'manual' with 5 safety cautions wrapping it up. The labelled illustrations are helpful, as are the safety precautions (don't look directly into the laser or shine it in anyone's eyes, etc.) but getting it all together and mounted on your rifle or shotgun is pretty much totally up to you, the user. Luckily, there are only a few pieces involved, so figuring it out actually is pretty simple.The hardware contents included the two piece barrel mount, the two screws necessary to secure the smaller, upper part of the mount to the rifle barrel with the laser underneath the barrel inside the bottom, larger half, the 3 tiny AG13 1.5V batteries needed for power and the laser itself, essentially a tube about 1 inch in diameter and roughly 3 inches in length. There's a push-button on/off switch on the rear of the unit, facing back towards me, the user, so it's easy enough to reach out to turn it on and off while the rifle's in use. I unscrewed the rear end of the device, put the batteries inside with the flat side facing out (towards me), screwed the cap back on and turned it on. Eureka! It worked! It's pretty cool actually, being the first and only laser I've been able to play around with in this way.Messing around with it was fun, but it is supposed to go on the rifle. Eventually, I got the mount exactly where I wanted it under the front sight, tightened up the screws and started messing around with getting it sighted in. I soon discovered that whatever distance you choose for this purpose will be fairly restrictive. I chose 30 feet as my base aiming point and eventually got things to a point where I was able to hit just about any part of a 1 inch circle (for example) I could hit with the laser dot. It took a little fiddling around with the windage and elevation controls (I mounted the laser in the mount with the X axis upside down, otherwise the control would be covered by the barrel and inaccessible), but I got to a point where it would still be accurate enough to hit the theoretical 1 inch target from a distance of around 15 to 40 feet (that being about the min and max distances to any pesky pests in our front or back yards). 30 feet was the one super sweet spot where it was dead-on, but it would still work a little closer in or a little farther out too, which was good enough for me. However, if I hit a target closer than 15 feet away with the dot, the pellet will end up hitting well above the dot, and the closer the worse it gets -- conversely, anything farther than about 40 feet and the pellet will hit well underneath the dotted spot, and the farther out the worse it gets. Still, good enough for me for my in-house and in-yard shooting. Also, I was somewhat surprised to find the windage and elevation controls fairly accurate and responsive, once I actually got the laser aligned in the mount with the X axis up and down and the Y axis horizontal (upside down, but it works). I tried it with the X & Y controls at about 10 and 2 o'oclock, roughly 45 degrees or so to the upper left and right sides of the laser's axis, but with it set that way, I couldn't get that thing even close to centered for the life of me! Live and learn. Yes, it took a bit of experimentation and fiddling around to get it working just right, but I did and it really wasn't too bad overall, especially considering this is a very cheap, probably almost toy-like device compared to anything that could be considered a really good laser sighting device. I'm amazed I got it to work, frankly. Eventually though, with everything set up so the dot appears just at the tip of the centered front/rear sights at 10 yards, the darned thing actually works perfectly! Unbelievable.Considering the not-inconsiderable amount of jostling that must accompany pumping the Winchester all the way up to ten repetitions over and over again, it also stays accurate during use, or between uses in the case with my Daisy. Still, every now and then it will require slight adjustment on the X-axis almost exclusively, which must still have some play in it somewhere that I can't find to eliminate. The batteries last a good long while too. They have served my wife and me through several approximately one-hour long sessions at our home range, although I rarely use the laser, and even when I do, I try to remember to turn it off when it's not being used to light up the target. As long as I do that and double-check every now and then to ensure the red dot appears at the top/center of the properly aligned front and rear open sights at thirty feet, it's ready to go. For just a smidgeon over fifteen bucks, I don't see how I could do any better. My wife absolutely loves it for shooting, although she's not interested in learning how to make any necessary adjustments herself when it's off. It's also a reinforcement of proper use of the open sights, which I hope is another big plus she probably doesn't yet realize. I don't like to shoot with it that way myself, other than checking alignment before a shot. I like to try to hold it steady at 30' on the one-inch circle of a shoot-n-c while holding the rifle at waist height. Not very practical maybe, but pretty good fun, nonetheless. It also would be awesome for any kind of shooting in early morning, late evening or overcast conditions, or even making sure the red dot is on the head just behind the eye of that big gnarly rat out in the middle of the yard (although that hasn't happened yet either). :-) Recommended.

I bought this for my Tim Wells' Slock Master Viper Blow gun and it fit it really well. In case anyone needs specifics, this will fit your .625 Big Bore blowgun. The one that he sells on his website is $25 and this was only $14 and it works great. Someone mentioned that it drained his batteries down real quick even when turned off but mine doesn't do that. He must have a defective unit and probably should have returned it for a replacement. Also it's super easy to sight in, they give you an Allen wrench for the set screws. All-in-all I'm happy with it!! Now where is that rascally rabbit, probably hanging out with the squirrels, LOL !!!!

Not bad at all and easy to adjust

This works so much better than I thought. I can hip fire my .22 with better accuracy than using the scope. Comes with batteries and is a very bright laser and can be used in evening, night, and early morning conditions or in very shaded/woodsy areas

screws for sighting lazer are a loose fit so lazer does not hold setting once sighted in . So ya have to re set every shot very annoying, Could be the one i received but maby not . Once ya have it set it is fine if they could make one that held setting i would give it a 5 star but this issue makes it useless.

It's a cheap ass Chinese piece of crap. The dot is too big. The laser is weak at a distance. At 50 yards, I can just barely see the dot because it's not very bright. The instructions were written by someone who does not speak English, so the instructions are useless. This laser sight would only be good for shotgun. Not for rifle. I won't buy anything else from this maker.

Nice product. Mounted it on the front of my .22 rifle for close range. I have a 40x scope for long range targets that blocked my view for short range. I mounted this laser sight under the barrel at the front. Using the 2 X-Y positioning set screws (wrench included) and 12 shells, within 15 minutes I had the laser perfectly sighted in. The laser is bright enough to illuminate in the day time at 30' (what I bought it for). The laser mounts are sturdy and easy with the 2 mounting screws (this wrench is included also. Now, my .22 is good for everything, on my table stand for 300' long range, and now I just point the laser a shoot for close up stuff, soooo easy and accurate. It's totally fun.

Batteries only lasted one night and were dead the next day.