Proper sight picture?

[rlehman]

What is the proper sight picture for buckhorn sights?
Is the top of the front sight supposed to be in the notch in the bottom of the rear buckhorn??????

 

[Chiefs50]

Yes, it is.

 

[ol vern]

The proper sight picture is the one that works best for you.

Your eyes get as old as mine you may wind up using the center of the buckhorn like a big old peep sight

 

[AZ-Robert]

Use your "right click" and "save target as" to download this 500K pdf document, then check out the illustration of the sight picture on page 18:
[url] http://www.lymanproducts.com/lymanproducts/LymanUsersGuide.pdf[/url]

You'll find lots of other "news you can use" in there, too.

 

[Pittsburghunter]

I hate Buckhorn or Pronghorn sights whatever they call them. I just adjust them to the notch in the center.

 

[CoyoteJoe]

I agree, the horns serve no purpose except to obscure the target, rip your gun case, your clothing and your hand. It's one of those ideas so obviously dumb one has to wonder how it ever became so popular. :shake:

 

[TN.Frank]

I like full buckhorn sights, they're kind of a "poor mans" peep sight. You enclose what you want to shoot in the horn area and put the front sight in the rear notch and it's hard to miss. If you learn to shoot with both eyes open, like you're suppose to then the full buckhorn doesn't obscure your view at all. :blah:

 

I keep my front sight flush with the top of the rear sight. I also use the center hold rather than the six o'clock hold.

 

[Slake]

me too..always have

 

[rabbit03]

Thanks for the site AZ-Robert, I skimmed over it and picked up a few pointers already. Appreciate it,


rabbit03

 

[CoyoteJoe]

I like full buckhorn sights, they're kind of a "poor mans" peep sight. You enclose what you want to shoot in the horn area and put the front sight in the rear notch and it's hard to miss. If you learn to shoot with both eyes open, like you're suppose to then the full buckhorn doesn't obscure your view at all. :blah:

If you first find your target within the buckhorns, then bring your front sight down to the notch, then I still don't see any benefit to the buckhorns, just a time wasting extra step. It is nothing at all like a peep sight, you don't aim with the horns at all. And to the list of negatives I also add that the horns make the sight taller and thus more likely to be knocked out of line by a fall. Dumb!

 

[rlehman]

Thanks to all for your guidence and comments and to
AZ-Robert for the link to the Lyman User guide.

 

[TN.Frank]

For me the "horns" help me to keep focused on the target, helping to cut out anything that might distract me. I like em', some don't. I love the heck out of flintlocks, some like cap locks. Different strokes for different folks. I can shoot about anything I guess. Just depends on what you're used to. :v