Thread: 500 BPE load advice

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

MAYBE its a little like a pistol round...the heavier recoiling round hits higher as muzzle has lifted more....maybe your faster round exits muzzle sooner so is lower?????

OK thats an interesting take on it
Certainly another way of looking at things
Counter intuative

I would like to know what its doing before I make a new front sight

Load up 5 rounds with 90 grains and fire from a clean dry bore.

See what happens then.Firing two shots at a time is not really going to give you the data you need.

Especially since the Gun isn't a known quantity, ie you shot well with it with another load and now you are off trying something different.

Originally Posted by norsk

Load up 5 rounds with 90 grains and fire from a clean dry bore.

See what happens then.Firing two shots at a time is not really going to give you the data you need.

Especially since the Gun isn't a known quantity, ie you shot well with it with another load and now you are off trying something different.

Ok @norsk it will be 4 shots per evening them until i get a decent idea what's happening

So I have been looking for a shorter better front sight in my odds and ends
Found a couple of likely candidates

Then I though if I changed my sight picture hold it would dramatically change the elevation and give me a better view of my target animal

Option 1 is my usual hold for accuracy

Option 2 might be better to lift the group and give me a larger visible area of a deer
Post lines up with silver line in express sights
Bead in line with sight top shoulders
Plenty of space still visible of an animal in the V

Front sight effectively 2mm lower so point of impact will be considerably higher

Option 2 would be the normal sight hold with a Vee and blade

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Option 2 would be the normal sight hold with a Vee and blade

Really, heck I use Option 1 with all the Express sights I use & they seem to regulate with the loads the rifles were made for ?

Originally Posted by Scout

Really, heck I use Option 1 with all the Express sights I use & they seem to regulate with the loads the rifles were made for ?

I don't have any experience with proper express sights and can't comment on them, but with a Vee and blade as drawn in option 2 the vertical line of the blade and the horizontal line across the top are used to keep the rifle square and not canted.