How do you hold?

[YampaValleyMountainMan]

How do you hold?

And, and you using a 6 o'clock hold or a dead hold?

 

[RiverRat]

I’ll be on the “A” team.

 

[Ed C.]

"B" and I prefer a 6 o'clock hold but with some of my guns I use a dead hold depending on distance.

 

[stubshaft]

Another B shooter.

 

[Bearkiller]

That would be a "B" Bob @ 6 o'clock

 

[hogslayer]

B six o'clock

 

[LME]

How do you hold?

And, and you using a 6 o'clock hold or a dead hold?View attachment 351613

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!

 

[Keyhole]

B six o’clock hold most of the time for me

 

[French Colonial]

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.

 

[wiscoaster]

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.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

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.

This:

 

[Big Tom 52]

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.

This:
View attachment 351648

I hold the same !

 

[N.Y. Yankee]

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.

 

[2 shots]

A with a blade [ as hatchet jack shows]...B with a bead

 

[Jim K]

I’m with Jack

 

[Rebel bull]

I also am with Jack dead on hold but now I shake like a dog trying to pass peach pits

 

[Tom A Hawk]

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.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

How do you hold?

And, and you using a 6 o'clock hold or a dead hold?View attachment 351613

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