HOW TO AIM OPEN SIGHTS
01-05-2006 | 12:56 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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HOW TO AIM OPEN SIGHTS
thought i would throw in a little advice after seeing some cant see target or game with open sights after 75 yards. here is way we were taught from good ole dad. DONT put front sight on bullseye.put it just under and sight gun in that way.this way you will see the deer or target out beyond 75 yards, so, you should be aiming just under the point of aim.this is way i shoot my pistols also.take care.
01-05-2006 | 09:16 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: HOW TO AIM OPEN SIGHTS
Some shoot with a full cover sight, meaning what the front site covers is where the projectile will hit, other use a modified 6 o'clock hold where the front sight covers part of where the target will be hit. Normally they like the bullet to hit right at the top of the sight. Then as you describe, there is the 6 o'clock hold where the bullet strikes right on the top of the front sight.
I normally like a modified hold but have been shooting many with aopen 6 o'clock hold and it is working real well... Good advise sproulman.
I normally like a modified hold but have been shooting many with aopen 6 o'clock hold and it is working real well... Good advise sproulman.
01-05-2006 | 09:23 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: HOW TO AIM OPEN SIGHTS
cayugad
I guess I am in the boat with you - I normally use the modified during hunting season but with targets I am trying to master the 6:00. Since I shoot so much with scopes it is really hard for me to aim at a place I know the bullet isn't going.... does that make some sort of sense?
I guess I am in the boat with you - I normally use the modified during hunting season but with targets I am trying to master the 6:00. Since I shoot so much with scopes it is really hard for me to aim at a place I know the bullet isn't going.... does that make some sort of sense?
01-05-2006 | 09:54 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: HOW TO AIM OPEN SIGHTS
I use what I was taught as "Pumkin on a Fence Post" It is like what sproulman uses. I you line up the front and back sites then put the target (pumkin) right on top of sights (fence post).
01-05-2006 | 10:14 AM
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RE: HOW TO AIM OPEN SIGHTS
I remember in Navy boot camp our great shooting experience 
was with target .22 rifles at an indoor range (due to weather). Fired a total of around 50 rounds from various positions at a target that was probably 25 yards or so distant.
All my shots were in a neat, large ragged hole situated just on top of the bullseye. When they pulled in my target the instructor told me it was some good shooting but I hadn't hit the bull once. I told him the sights were off.
He then told me about the 6 o'clock hold and assured me I was ignorant.[
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I still think those sights were off.
was with target .22 rifles at an indoor range (due to weather). Fired a total of around 50 rounds from various positions at a target that was probably 25 yards or so distant.All my shots were in a neat, large ragged hole situated just on top of the bullseye. When they pulled in my target the instructor told me it was some good shooting but I hadn't hit the bull once. I told him the sights were off.
He then told me about the 6 o'clock hold and assured me I was ignorant.[]I still think those sights were off.
01-05-2006 | 11:53 AM
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RE: HOW TO AIM OPEN SIGHTS
ORIGINAL: Underclocked
I remember in Navy boot camp our great shooting experiencewas with target .22 rifles at an indoor range (due to weather). Fired a total of around 50 rounds from various positions at a target that was probably 25 yards or so distant.
All my shots were in a neat, large ragged hole situated just on top of the bullseye. When they pulled in my target the instructor told me it was some good shooting but I hadn't hit the bull once. I told him the sights were off. He then told me about the 6 o'clock hold and assured me I was ignorant.[]
I still think those sights were off.
I remember in Navy boot camp our great shooting experience
was with target .22 rifles at an indoor range (due to weather). Fired a total of around 50 rounds from various positions at a target that was probably 25 yards or so distant.All my shots were in a neat, large ragged hole situated just on top of the bullseye. When they pulled in my target the instructor told me it was some good shooting but I hadn't hit the bull once. I told him the sights were off.
He then told me about the 6 o'clock hold and assured me I was ignorant.[]I still think those sights were off.
funny how them range officers always had an answer for a simple problem and it never made you feel like you were right!! great post.
01-05-2006 | 06:17 PM
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RE: HOW TO AIM OPEN SIGHTS
I have my open sights on my 1100 slug barrel set up 75 yds. cut the bull in half ( kinda like the horizontal line in a scope) the cover at 100 yds center of the front bead. But what I found hard was going to a scope after so many years using iron sights...
01-05-2006 | 09:10 PM
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RE: HOW TO AIM OPEN SIGHTS
* I vary my sighting depending on the sight. If it is a blade front sight – bullet will hit at the top of the blade. Kind of like the crosshair of a scope for horizontal. My WWII sniper stamped 303 British with a Winchester proof steel barrel has a blade front and a rolling yardage rear sight. 3 inch groups at 200 yards isn’t any different than shooting with a scoped rifle.
* If the front sight is a bead then the bead covers where the bullet will hit. For years I used a 8mm Mauser vintage WWII with a rear peep and a front bead. I’d unscrew the peep sight for quick close shots. If I needed to make a 200 yard plus shot I would screw it back in. My favorite rifle, a Winchester 30/30 lever top eject has a bead front and a ramp back. Popping a coyote in the head at 150 yards is no problem if you use the cover-up method. Bullet will hit at the bottom of the bead. 200 yards bottom of the blade. Cover up the bottle cap at 100 yards. It doesn’t get any easier than that.
* Fiber optic is the same as a blade. My NEF Sidekick .50 caliber muzzleloader is sighted in at 150 yards with all three dots lined up. The 240 grain Dead Centers hit at the top of the center dot. There is no way to see below the sight. Aiming high is achieved by Grandpa Haggard’s technique. Raising the gun past the target to your aiming point on an object above the target.
Grandpa was born in the hills of Kentucky in 1893. He died at 102 years old. Every shot had to put food on the table or you didn’t eat meat. He taught me how to shoot 40 years ago with open sights. .50 caliber rabbits = head shots if you want something worth eating. Meat cost $ 2 a half pound is expensive enough. I know, 22’s are cheaper, but not as much fun.
* If the front sight is a bead then the bead covers where the bullet will hit. For years I used a 8mm Mauser vintage WWII with a rear peep and a front bead. I’d unscrew the peep sight for quick close shots. If I needed to make a 200 yard plus shot I would screw it back in. My favorite rifle, a Winchester 30/30 lever top eject has a bead front and a ramp back. Popping a coyote in the head at 150 yards is no problem if you use the cover-up method. Bullet will hit at the bottom of the bead. 200 yards bottom of the blade. Cover up the bottle cap at 100 yards. It doesn’t get any easier than that.
* Fiber optic is the same as a blade. My NEF Sidekick .50 caliber muzzleloader is sighted in at 150 yards with all three dots lined up. The 240 grain Dead Centers hit at the top of the center dot. There is no way to see below the sight. Aiming high is achieved by Grandpa Haggard’s technique. Raising the gun past the target to your aiming point on an object above the target.
Grandpa was born in the hills of Kentucky in 1893. He died at 102 years old. Every shot had to put food on the table or you didn’t eat meat. He taught me how to shoot 40 years ago with open sights. .50 caliber rabbits = head shots if you want something worth eating. Meat cost $ 2 a half pound is expensive enough. I know, 22’s are cheaper, but not as much fun.
01-05-2006 | 09:10 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: HOW TO AIM OPEN SIGHTS
I "cover the target" with the front site. If I'm hunting with open sights - I expect shots at moderate distances and its generally not a problem.
If I'm hunting long distances - I use a scoped gun.
I learned the 6 o'clock sighting - but never was really comfortable with it.
FH
If I'm hunting long distances - I use a scoped gun.
I learned the 6 o'clock sighting - but never was really comfortable with it.
FH
01-05-2006 | 09:34 PM
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RE: HOW TO AIM OPEN SIGHTS
So, when you are hunting with a blade style front sight with a bead and a dovetail (at least I think it is a dovetail, it is the sight that forms a V)rear sight, do you drop the bead all the way into the notch so that none of the post is visible. I dont shoot much with open sights, but want to start to shoot them more and dont really have anyone to give me any direction.
Anu suggestions would be great.
Thanks again
Anu suggestions would be great.
Thanks again