front sight trouble

[Pierre du Plessis]

Ha, there you go - sorry for the small size...

 

[yelnif]

How well do you think that ivory site will be when the snow is on?

 

[Pierre du Plessis]

I actually killed my first deer with it with 6" of snow on the ground - worked like a charm...

 

[yelnif]

Good to know, thanks

 

[Turtle Creek]

You were lucky that deer wasn't wearing snow camo!

 

[Twowithone]

You guys :rotf:

 

[Brokennock]

I use a steel front sight and leave it at a height so it shoots a hair low, I use bluing agent to blacken the face of it, I then take a few shots to determine how high I have to hold the top of the front over the top of the rear (let's call it 1/16"), then I use a knife edge file and cut a horizontal line 1/16 inch below the top of the front. This gives me a bright bare metal aiming index on the front at the correct height. In theory another line below that could be dialed in for a further distance.

 

[inthex]

Read a book called (Death In The Tall Grass) where a big game hunter said a front sight made from the tusk of a wart hog shows up real good in low light. Well guess what I just found at a antique store! Some day I plan to dovetail a piece into my front sight. Might work, might flop, we'll see.

 

[Staggerwing]

That book is by Peter Capstick, a professional African big game guide years ago. His books are fantastic and must reads for any hunter!
That tusk would make an interesting sight and conversation piece!

 

[Brokennock]

Yup. I've read all his work. Sometimes I wish I hadn't as it makes me yearn for a trip/trips I'll never get to take. I'd really like a chance at ol' syncerus caffer.

 

[inthex]

Was it Capstick or one of his friends who said ol syn caf would look at you like you owed him money. :shocked2: