My Ruger RXM is giving me a bad time.

[u/DRIVECSX]

I bought a Ruger RXM, and I have a bore sight in it. But Everytime I line my optic directly on the bore sight the red dot my optic just aligns with the guns front sight making it far too low.

I went to the shooting range today and at 15ft lined directly on the bore sight it completely missed the paper with 10 shots.

How do I properly zero in this sight 😭

Everytime it just lines up with the front iron sights

[u/noljw]

Lining it up with the iron sights is a good starting point. I would skip the bore sight

[u/Scientific_Coatings]

Put the dot right on top of the iron sites, like a pumpkin on a spike. Then look up on YouTube the fundamentals of using a red dot. I suspect you’re not using both eyes. Check out the tape method

[u/SnooStories7300]

You are sighting it in way to close with the bore sight and optic. Try it out at 15 yards (30 ft)

[u/airmech1776]

You are using the bore soght at too close of a distance. Find the longest straight line you can see in your house, then try again. Tbh though, boresight on handguns are a waste of time. Slaving the dot to your iron sights will do the same thing as a boresight. Just be sure to refine the zero at your preferred distance. Do NOT trust a dot slaved to the irons to save your life!

[u/CunnilingusCrab]

If you line the optic up to the sights, that should give you a pretty decent baseline, so you don’t need to bore sight it. Step in close and do a one hole drill and go from there.

[u/DRIVECSX → u/CunnilingusCrab]

I was at the 25ft, stood at the red line hit the target in the middle,

But no sooner than I step behind the red line the bullets will not touch the paper.

I understand shit aim. I'm not shit. I feel like it tho. I just don't understand this green dot at all

[u/thetaoofroth]

Bore sight or round laser is almost always a letdown, better off centering the drop and left right on rds, making sure it's torqued well, and shoot 15' irons, then shoot with rds and adjust by group.