My most useless shooting accessory! What is yours???

[Hokkmike]

A couple of years ago a very personable gun shop employee talked me into buying a bore-sight that attaches to the end of a rifle barrel by means of a strong magnet. It cost me in the neighborhood of $30.

It does not work on my AR because the muzzle flash hider has an irregular surface. It does not work on my CZ Carbine because there is no way to be sure the magnetic end is centered against the bore axis of the barrel. It does not work on my 39A because the scope is mounted a little too high for it to be useful.

In short - it does not work on any firearm that I own. I feel like a dupe. So much so, in fact, that it is FREE to the first local shooter that wants to meet me and take it. You could always give it to somebody that you don't like.

Anybody else ever purchase a loser lemon product like this?

 

[entropy]

Odd. I've use one (Leupold brand) on AR's and high mounted scopes.

 

[grammontS]

I've bought a couple of inexpensive red dots , I personally have no use for them. Thought they would be neat , but I don't like them at all. Both sit in a closet collecting dust ........ Right where they belong in my opinion.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Odd. I've use one (Leupold brand) on AR's and high mounted scopes.

Me too. I used to mount many scopes a year for customers and used one of these for the final bore sight. I used it plenty myself too so I know it works.

Anyway, I find forward grips on ARs to be useless.

 

[Miami_JBT]

Gucci Guns. I'm all for legitimate quality and I fully understand that guns can the literal pieces of art. But getting a $400 GLOCK and hacking it up with a soldering iron, cutting away portions of the slide, and replacing OEM parts with flash anodized parts in bright colors doesn't make the gun any better.

 

[Bfh_auto]

Mine is a lead sled. I got talked into it for load development on a 300wm.
Repeatability is terrible compared to bags.
I'll just eat the recoil and move on.

 

[deputy bruce]

brass catcher for my ar I have 2 one allmost work and the other doesnot

 

[Thunderchicken]

I almost never use that red center part of my pistol targets.

 

[Alte Schule]

Holsters for me. Have a habit of buying holsters I just have to have and then never use. I probably have two to three holsters for every handgun I own, handguns I no longer have and handguns I will never carry.

I have two cabinet drawers filled with orphaned holsters.

 

[.308 Norma]

https://www.mtmcase-gard.com/products/shooting/hunting-products-sws-1.html
As far as I’m concerned, the adjustable height “hooks” on these MTM shooting/walking sticks are absolutely useless. I’ve used one of the sticks themselves for deer and elk hunting for probably 20 years, but learned a long time ago to just leave the adjustable height “hook” (rifle rest) at home. I’ve learned to just shove the stick deeper in the ground if I need a shorter rifle rest. Either that, or just sit uphill from the stick while glassing or watching a saddle.
And one more thing - these sticks are plenty solid, and one will provide a big game hunter with a third “leg” over many miles of rough, uneven terrain. But the hunter should not tie the stick through the antlers of a big buck for aid in dragging the deer out. The stick will snap in two, and the hunter will go head over heels down the hill backwards. You can probably guess how I learned that.

 

[WestKentucky]

Mine is quite easily the range finder I got for Christmas a few years ago. It’s small, light, great unit that always gets left at home. Truth be told I don’t even know where it is now, and I’m hunting thick woods so my absolute longest possible shot is still within 200 yards so for my rifles that is within an inch and a half of point of aim all the way.

 

[Kp321]

My worthless tools are the plastic scope leveling tools that either strap on or insert in the action. No way can I focus on them and the crosshairs. The two or three level setups such as the Wheeler kit are so much better.

 

[.308 Norma]

I have two cabinet drawers filled with orphaned holsters.

Hahaha! Yep, me too. I store my "orphaned" holsters in emptied popcorn tins (like you can find full of popcorn in most any store this time of year) in the basement. I call them "holster buckets."

 

[GBExpat]

A couple of years ago a very personable gun shop employee talked me into buying a bore-sight that attaches to the end of a rifle barrel by means of a strong magnet. It cost me in the neighborhood of $30.

It does not work on my AR because the muzzle flash hider has an irregular surface. It does not work on my CZ Carbine because there is no way to be sure the magnetic end is centered against the bore axis of the barrel. It does not work on my 39A because the scope is mounted a little too high for it to be useful.

In short - it does not work on any firearm that I own. ...

Surrrrrre it will (btw, remove the AR muzzle device ) so long as the muzzle face is relatively true.

Such devices do not exist to get your firearms truly dialed-in. They only exist to get you on paper within inches of POA ... so use it at close range and you should be GtG.

I use a device like you describe (made by Wheeler) to rough-sight new builds in my basement at distances of 10-20yds. Doing this saves me time, ammo and patience when I finally arrange shooting bench time.

 

[taliv]

I bought some fancy speed loader tubes for shotgun for 3gun. 4 shells per tube. Can jam them in pretty fast. But then I sold all my shotguns.

 

[herrwalther]

My chronograph. I bought it when I dove head first into testing hunting loads that I was hand loading for. Bought it and I don't think I have ever turned it on. But it still sits in my safe in the box.

As far as a laser boresight device. I have a couple. And they work great. I have sighted in rifles and pistols with them to get them close enough. Saves me ammo work at the range sighting in.

 

[George P]

Plastic see through lens covers, some with a yellow tint; better off with a rubber "bikini" cover that is weather-tight.

 

[bsparker]

https://www.mtmcase-gard.com/products/shooting/hunting-products-sws-1.html
As far as I’m concerned, the adjustable height “hooks” on these MTM shooting/walking sticks are absolutely useless. I’ve used one of the sticks themselves for deer and elk hunting for probably 20 years, but learned a long time ago to just leave the adjustable height “hook” (rifle rest) at home. I’ve learned to just shove the stick deeper in the ground if I need a shorter rifle rest. Either that, or just sit uphill from the stick while glassing or watching a saddle.
And one more thing - these sticks are plenty solid, and one will provide a big game hunter with a third “leg” over many miles of rough, uneven terrain. But the hunter should not tie the stick through the antlers of a big buck for aid in dragging the deer out. The stick will snap in two, and the hunter will go head over heels down the hill backwards. You can probably guess how I learned that.

I asked for a Promos trigger monopod. Similar to what you’re talking about. Glad I didn’t pay for it, serves as a good walking stick but I’d rather lean the rifle on a tree or my knee before firing off a monopod. I never could get the hang of steadying it. Just became another variable for me was always just a little too high or a little too low, would have worked better if deer didn’t move...or the ground they walked on was perfectly level.

 

[Aim1]

Plastic see through lens covers, some with a yellow tint; better off with a rubber "bikini" cover that is weather-tight.

Why?


I've used these for years and worked great.

 

[George P]

Because they were cheap crappy to look through and didn't really protect the actual lens. I am talking those with the elastic string to hold them on and they cost about $3

 

[mokin]

I've had to think long and hard but probably the "ball" that separates brass from polishing media. It's not really that useless, it's more that I just don't use it. I'm sure I've got more useless stuff, it's an out of sight, out of mind deal.

 

[Old Dog]

Anyway, I find forward grips on ARs to be useless.

I've got a few in a drawer in my garage as well, too.

And a handful of carbine-length quad-rail handguards. Was gonna outfit my M-4s but quickly realized ... quad-rail handguards on a carbine are clumsy, un-ergonomic, useless.

Expensive snap-caps for every rifle I own. Never use 'em, except for training newbies on ARs.Also, a used only once Caldwell Led-Sled. Went back to the bags and called it a day.

Cheap optics. When I was young, I was impatient and had to immediately mount a scope, never saved up for quality. If a rifle-scope comes in a blister pack and is sold at Wal-Mart, it might get you through one year's hunt, but certainly not the next year's. Got a few in a toolbox in a corner of the garage.

 

[Plan2Live]

How about trigger locks that come with the gun if bought new? Yes I secure my guns but not with those.

 

[Plan2Live]

Holsters for me. Have a habit of buying holsters I just have to have and then never use. I probably have two to three holsters for every handgun I own, handguns I no longer have and handguns I will never carry.

I have two cabinet drawers filled with orphaned holsters.

I'll step up and give you $50 per cabinet drawer full, plus shipping. I only have three holsters and I actually use those so I hate to feel left out of the useless holster club.

 

[Old Dog]

The proverbial "Box'o'holsters" including Galcos, Kramers Bianchis, Safarilands, BladeTecs (perhaps a Milt Sparks or two) and others, not in use. Mebbe a few knives as well. Belts, slings, miscellaneous accessories ...