Your Favorite Sight Picture

[Kaw Trooper]

"Your Favorite Sight Picture", meaning... when sighting a target, is your front sight "on" the target, or just under the target?

Is your front blade filling the rear sight, or do you file down the front sight to make it narrow so you see day light on either side of it in your rear sight?

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Point blank range, some may do it different but: I intitally sight in for windage at 25 yards, but then final zero the rifle for point of aim at one hundred yards. It is then not off but a couple inches high at any point in betwixt, and low by that much at 120 yards. I then just put the sight where I want to hit when hunting without having to worry about holding high, or low.

Good detail by an expert on the particulars here:

http://members.aye.net/~bspen/trajectories.html

 

[cayugad]

I use a six o'clock hold. I want the roundball to hit right on the top of the front sight. I used to hold a modified six o'clock but because of a certain rifle I bought I started shooting that with a true six o'clock and learned to like that a lot more. I have found that if I sight in at 75 yards with the six o'clock hold, anything further I only need to cover the point where I want the ball to hit and it will go there. At 100 yards I can cover the center of the bullseye and the balls tend to group right there. Anything under 75 yards, I only need to use a six o'clock.

 

[Slamfire]

I like a flat topped blade like a sourdough and light on either side of the front blade when peering through the back. I prefer a 6 o"clock hold. Not over 2" high at 50 yards gives me an 85 yard zero. Of course that's for big game, not varmints. :winking:

 

[Big John]

At 25 yds right on, at 50yds.[url] 2.5in[/url]. high when i hold at 6 o'clock. This will suit you well to 100-125yds on deer sized game.

 

[roundball]

....about 5'11, lean and willowly, 3. .. .. never mind
:crackup:

 

[Stumpkiller]

I prefer a bit of light on either side of the front blade. I sight in so the balls strike about 2" high at 50 yards. Not quite dead on at 25 and again at 75 to 80 yards, and just about 2 to 3" low at 100 yards. This way, I aim center-lungs on a whitetail and I'm in the vitals. I aim at a squirrels center-head for close ups on small game.

For my sighting target, I like a 4" wide black diamond shape with a 1-1/2" white inner diamond so I can center the point on the front sight. Holding on the lower tip puts me in the center at 50 yards. I shoot a LOT better at these. This was reaffirmed last weekend trying to shoot plain 3 x 5 cards at 25 yards. I do better on the diamond at 50 than I do the big white 3X5" field at 25. :shake:

For hunting, the "target" is a big indescript patch of brown (NEVER shoot at the whole animal). It is much easier to keep both eyes open and align the front sight with the deer's foreleg, and then your eye/brain horizontally centers the front sight naturally in the middle of the chest.

 

[merdean]

I agree with the 6 o'clock hold. I hunt squirrels with a .32 or .36 more than anything else and seeing their heads on top of my sight blade is what I want! Of course, I also agree somewhat with roundball........I am shorter so I like it about 5'5".............

Merdean :blah:

 

[cougarmagnum]

6 o'clock hold, anything else covers up target.

 

[Gordon Horn]

I like a shallow, wide V rear sight and a blade front sight. Just get a little of the blade, a small bead, sticking up in the middle of the V and put that little bead on where I want to hit.

Now if'n I jest hed tha eyes ta sees thet bead it'd take the circle, it would.

Flatlander

 

[sse]

I've got a blade front sight that is great for me, but I noticed at our walk through, if the target is shrouded with a dark backstop, I can't see either the front or rear sight too good. That makes the shot pretty tough.

Regards, sse

 

[Tahquamenon]

Depends on what type of sight I am shooting with.

Always with both eyes open...

For hunting sights with a bead sight on the front with a ramped V-sight on the rear. My POI is the bead or on target.

For squared target sights, I like a little light in either side of the front sight as view through the rear sight and my POI is on top of the front blade similar to a post reticle.

 

[robinghewitt]

Favorite sight picture ::

 

[leslie]

Another dirty old man!Join the club. :crackup:

 

[silverfox]

Squire where is the goose?
Fox :thumbsup:

 

[Halftail]

6O'Clock here too.Not much differance from 25 to 75 for my gun.Got to hold a tad high at 100 yds though.
My hunting gun will be sighted in to cover what I want to hit.
:imo:

 

[mglampson]

"Your Favorite Sight Picture", meaning... when sighting a target, is your front sight "on" the target, or just under the target?

I have seen several responses calling for a 6 o"clock hold which is fine for paper targets at known distances. I sight differently.
I want the ball to hit at the top center of the front sight.
How do you hit the center of various size bullseyes if you use the same hold for each? Hit the center of a 2 inch bull, now shoot at a 12 inch bull. With the 6 o"clock hold you will hit the black but 5 inches lower then dead center. I think judging distance is hard enough. By sighting as I do, I eliminate the variable of judging the size of the bullseye as well. Just the way I do it. :m2c:




Is your front blade filling the rear sight, or do you file down the front sight to make it narrow so you see day light on either side of it in your rear sight?

You need to see daylight on either side of the front sight or you have no way to judge the windage of your sight picture. How much light you see is personal preference.

Britches

 

[shaggyshooter]

Hey ROUND BALL,I think I see the problem with your sight piture. Make it @ 4,10 -5,0 Blonde...... :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:

 

[bearbeater]

hey I use the file to a point trick and works very well

BB