SCHOOL ME --OPEN SIGHTS--IN COMPETITION
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dusterdave173
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Exactly! I love this site and the great folks here--so helpful
I look dumb sometimes asking questions but in the last couple of years I have learned how to do a LOT of things from advice gained here.
Thanks again to everyone on Accurateshooter
dc.fireman
Sling & Irons!
Time for you to meet "Uncle Heinz" :
dusterdave173
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So..sell two Nightforce scopes and start shopping for those sights--wow!
I have first match this coming Sat
1950's Redfield sights with a jazzy new Anschutz "contrast clear" aperture in the front ( cost $9) on a 1964 USA made rifle that the bore looks like the inside of a hollow log and the last 1/4 inch at the muzzle looks "smeared" inside the bore
But..It loves this one batch of Midas --I have 4 boxes of so.........
Let er rip Tater Chip--we will see what happens.....
dusterdave173
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Well.............................................
Practice had been going Great! I had a lot of ammo that was excellent--I thought after a couple of weeks on this new to me set up--that I was ready!
Ummmm--nope! At the first match I finished 3rd out of 4 shooters--my sighter bull was all 10's man I was Ready! My first few bulls were 10's and I was smiling!! Then went to the lower targets--and trouble started--I put the 3 rounds in a group the size of a dime but the group was a good inch and half left of the bull--next target --same deal--what??? And that was the story of my first outing--
Looking back I did not have my set up just right--when I went to the lower targets I was moving my head in a different position and when you do that with open sights things don't hit where you planned--I realized my mistake and re set for my second card--I raised the front and got things where they would be more the same as I moved target to target --it helped but the damage was done--
The indoor lighting on the targets was not great --brighter is Always better with aperture sights--In practice I have struggled in cloudy or low light--at 10 am when the sun is full on my targets I hammer pretty good.
All in all I LOVE the Remington 40X -all I have shot up until now has been a factory CZ MTR--the 40x has shown me what a real target rifle is all about --the 40x is so much easier to shoot well than the MTR.
I moped around all day after the match--questioning every move --I have a Lot to Learn about aperture sight shooting--but starting a new class -that requires new skills--has been stimulating--I love the new challenge . We will see how it goes--if my old eyes can do it I will keep working at it--if they won't I will scope it and shoot the Vintage class--either way I have a new rifle and a new additional class to shoot and that is always a good thing. The friends I have made in the new class is the icing on the cake
BIG Thanks to all on here that have helped get me headed in the right direction!
Practice had been going Great! I had a lot of ammo that was excellent--I thought after a couple of weeks on this new to me set up--that I was ready!
Ummmm--nope! At the first match I finished 3rd out of 4 shooters--my sighter bull was all 10's man I was Ready! My first few bulls were 10's and I was smiling!! Then went to the lower targets--and trouble started--I put the 3 rounds in a group the size of a dime but the group was a good inch and half left of the bull--next target --same deal--what??? And that was the story of my first outing--
Looking back I did not have my set up just right--when I went to the lower targets I was moving my head in a different position and when you do that with open sights things don't hit where you planned--I realized my mistake and re set for my second card--I raised the front and got things where they would be more the same as I moved target to target --it helped but the damage was done--
The indoor lighting on the targets was not great --brighter is Always better with aperture sights--In practice I have struggled in cloudy or low light--at 10 am when the sun is full on my targets I hammer pretty good.
All in all I LOVE the Remington 40X -all I have shot up until now has been a factory CZ MTR--the 40x has shown me what a real target rifle is all about --the 40x is so much easier to shoot well than the MTR.
I moped around all day after the match--questioning every move --I have a Lot to Learn about aperture sight shooting--but starting a new class -that requires new skills--has been stimulating--I love the new challenge . We will see how it goes--if my old eyes can do it I will keep working at it--if they won't I will scope it and shoot the Vintage class--either way I have a new rifle and a new additional class to shoot and that is always a good thing. The friends I have made in the new class is the icing on the cake
BIG Thanks to all on here that have helped get me headed in the right direction!
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