Definition of "boresighting" []

• The alignment of a microwave or radar antenna using purely optical means (noun)
• The alignment of the bore of a gun and its gunsight in parallel (noun)

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• "I guess maybe (by your logic) boresighting is a girly man thing to do since t deprives one of the opportunity to demonstrate to others at the range just how macho one can be by 'taking' recoil over and over, regardless of whether one hits what one is aiming at."
• "While at a LGS the guys were boresighting their Rifles just befor hunting season."
• "Point of this story, if there is one, is that i had a relatively easy time mounting this scope and zeroing it w/o boresighting."