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The thread has been given some very good ideas and information for improved sighting, the wise person will recognize, employ and utilize them !
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Comprehension resistance to improved sighting methods born of inflated ego and envy is the problem not the precise, descriptive words used to get the meaning across !
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Good work !
Who is being resistant to improved sighting methods? Where did that come from? Ego is not even in the mix and envy, It's my dream in life to grow up just like you. NOT!
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Kilauea has both fire and smoke, just like a black powder firearm. Seems Smokerr knows the score!
Now fellows, please be more kind to each other. I overlook mistakes either spelling or whatever. If you type like me, you will understand! Seems every word I type gets those little squiggles under them. I am in 87 yr kintergarden and I know I miss spelled that word. Spell check is wrong sometimes too. But the a mouse pad on a puter sucks too.
Inquiring minds do not want to know!
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Those who actually do know about these things recognize the facts and have very little trouble with the comprehension end of it ! Others have the choice to be enlightened or remain ignorant and that is the stupid part !
If the rear sight is not square and plum to the front sight then your eye is always having to try and compensate for the out of square angular component that grows exponentially with distance. If they are not square and plumb to each other than we have introduced another accuracy component of tangent to the equation.
When we build aperture sighted long range rifles we go to great pains to make the front sight and rear tang square to one another. With a Soule rear sight and a staff of 4 inches length the cross angle can get pretty sever at the top if not made square and plumb to the front.
There are some sights like the Buffington which had a tangent angle built into them for spin drift compensation but it does not work as well as a Soule type that keeps things square and plumb with corrections made on a grid pattern instead of tangent.
The more square and plum the sighting the more potential for increased score. The thinking is to remove as much accuracy causing dysfunction from the gun and load as possible so all the foibles are on the shooter which can be compensated for.
This becomes readily apparent with mid and long range rifle shooting competition. It is much less an issue with pistol short sight radius but begins to show up when one tries to hit at extended ranges with a hand gun.
Nothing is more obviously "Kitty Whumpus" to my eye when looking over a square notch rear sight to a front blade that is not perpendicular to the rear notch.
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I would reply to that but I'm not sure how to spell pfffftt
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Ignorance is not bad, remaining so when correct information is available is the stupid part !
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I have no desire to impress you only to introduce and enlighten you to better means and methods !
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