YampaValleyMountainMan
32 Cal
How do you hold?
And, and you using a 6 o'clock hold or a dead hold?
And, and you using a 6 o'clock hold or a dead hold?
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How do you hold?
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I’ll be on the “A” team.
"B" and I prefer a 6 o'clock hold but with some of my guns I use a dead hold depending on distance.
That would be a "B" Bob @ 6 o'clock
B six o'clock
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I use "B" when I can but certain shots require different sight pictures. At the bench I use The "B" hold because there is less chance of error. You can't go left or right and up and down it is more or less fixed? On moving targets I use "A" due to less time to dial in. In low light it also works for me, Sometimes? LOL!
B six o’clock hold most of the time for me
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I never liked the 6 o'clock hold, if the distance varies the hold varies, if the bullseye size varies the hold varies.
I will zero at a known distance and then shoot at different distances to know how much to compensate, that is what works for me.
I will zero at a known distance and then shoot at different distances to know how much to compensate, that is what works for me.
All of the above. Depends on the gun*. All part of the fun of learning your firearm.
* Milsurps mostly. I generally don't mess with the sights on a collectible. I just learn which sight picture to use and where to hold it for each gun.
Nevertheless, my preferred sight picture would be "A" with "centered" hold.
* Milsurps mostly. I generally don't mess with the sights on a collectible. I just learn which sight picture to use and where to hold it for each gun.
Nevertheless, my preferred sight picture would be "A" with "centered" hold.
Hatchet-Jack
54 Cal.
I guess "A" level with the top of the rear sight but I don't like those rear sights that angle down. I like a flat rear sight so I can put the front sight level with the top of the rear sight.
I hold centered and adjust what the "center" is based on distance and wind.
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I hold centered and adjust what the "center" is based on distance and wind.
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I hold the same !
N.Y. Yankee
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The "post" rests in the notch, even across the top, with the post at 6 o'clock on the bull at 50. I try to shoot close at game. For a gong farther out, just put the post a bit higher.
A with a blade [ as hatchet jack shows]...B with a bead
I’m with Jack
I also am with Jack dead on hold but now I shake like a dog trying to pass peach pits
I'm with Hatchet Jack. All my sights are flat on top. If I am shooting long range I elevate the front blade. At 200 yards the base of the front sight rests on top of the rear with the blade centered in the notch.
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I make my own sights with B as the HOLD, but the back sight vertical is a 180 deg horizontal. For my eyes that eliminates any vaiation in front sight assumtion of consistent alignment.
Larry
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