Well, I had some free time today so I installed and set up the laser and light combo on my synthetic stocked Winchester 1000 .177 It installed in just a few minutes and works like a charm. The only thing you have to watch for is to make sure you have enough clearance for the light and laser units to fit between the scopes vertical adjustment knob and the front of the scope where the tube flares out. The position of the front scope mounting ring will determine if you have enough clearance. I almost had to move my front ring back a bit but wound up I had just enough clearance for the rig to work. Two piece rings definately make mounting this unit on your gun much easier than a 1 piece mount might be simply because you can control the distance between the rings to allow for the clearance needed by the light/laser units.
After I got it all tightened down I went out to the backyard, set up my shooting bench at 25 yards, and proceeded to sight in the laser. Took 5 shots resulting in a ragged hole in the center of the bullseye, then made a couple of small windage and elevation adjustments on the laser with the allen wrench and brought the laser dot right onto the middle of the pellet group. I was done.
Spent about 30 minutes target shooting, alternating between using the scope crosshairs and just the laser,,,, dang that red dot works well
Just pointing the rifle using the laser I was able to hit the mark every time. Granted my accuracy is much finer using the scope crosshairs due to the aide of the increased magnification, but just using the laser my accuracy was without a doubt good enough to hit a rabbit, squirrel or raccoon every time.
After 30 minutes of shooting the laser was still zero'd in and the projection point of the dot hadn't moved at all. I waited until dark and then went outside and tested out the light. I was interested to see if it would throw enough light for me to use the scope crosshairs in the dark. Pointed the gun at a tree 20 yards away, activated the light and looked throught the scope. I could clearly see the tree and the crosshairs with no problem at all. The light really does throw a powerful beam of light. So far I'm very satisfied with the unit and can't wait to take it out for it's first night hunt at the duck farm. If I get in a night hunt this week I'll post the results. Good shooting all....
Jeff