Thread: Going ‘old school’

350 m with open sights is very very good ol school....great in fact

Originally Posted by doinit

350 m with open sights is very very good ol school....great in fact

I suspect that we have been sucked in by scope manufacturers to thinking that "older" eyes can't shoot open sights - when in fact its largely a matter of knowledge and technique.

We had an "ANZAC" shoot recently with Lee Enfields. I shot open sights, some had aperture sights - but all original issue sights.

I happened to win it by one measly point, thus surprising myself mightily as I very seldom shoot open sights. However the guy I just beat and myself between us would have consistently hit the vital zone of a deer from 4 out of 5 shots standing at 100M, the same sitting at 200M and 3 or 4 out of 5 prone (no slings) at 300M - and both of us much closer to 60 years old than 50 . . . .

Obviously low light and other factors might have changed the results quite a bit but I reckon it goes to show how "old school" can still bring home the bacon!

Those wee 1-5x20mm objective scopes really make a rifle point nicely. So saying that I use a 3-9x33 on my stubby 308. It sits on 3x for bush hunting but I can crank it up to 9x for cross gully shots etc. I am sorted for 10 to 300m. I get a way bigger buzz out of close shots in the bush but that is just me. I don't use any of the powers in between on my scope. I could just have a 3 and 9x scope. Ha ha. I will admit that as I age, my eyes aren't as crisp as they used to be and a bit of magnification for steady shots certainly helps.