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Old 01-18-2006 | 06:25 AM
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Default RE: Shooting open sights???

ORIGINAL: DukhuntChad

How far will you shoot with open sights?

I know to practice shooting longer distances to see how far you can shoot, but how far would ya'll shoot with open shots.

With the way my eyes have been lately, 100 yds is probably as far as I can shoot.Chad
Me too. I used to practice shooting handguns at long ranges like ol' Elmer Keith used to do, by holding up some of the front sight, and "adjusting fire", like with artillery. But a good Patridge sight will let you do this, and it is hard to do with the open sights that are on most ML rifles-these obscure too much of the target area to let you observe bullet strikes so you can apply "burst on target" fire adjustment techniques.
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