Thread: Open sights

Originally Posted by ebf

Align the sights and target, but focus only on front sight. Physically impossible to focus on more than one plane. You want the target to be in peripheral vision, but focus on front sight.

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Using the Aperature sights, Focus on the front sight, Place the front sight on the target and the eye will automaticaly center the Rear sight for you.

I use a 6 o'clock hold for all my open sighted Rifles.

My Old Man hunted his entire life with a DMW Rifle in 300 savage fitted with an aperature sight.
He was very successfull with this Rifle and would shoot out to 300m with confidence.

He purchased this Rifle new in 1952 and retired it two years ago.

I have shot this Rifle on the range at 100 and 200m and with the aperture sights it's more than accurate enough to confidently hunt with at ranges under 300m, although one may be a bit dissapointed if punching little tiny groups in paper is the objective.

Using the aperature sights is like rolling the clock back ten years vision wise.

I like them.

Cheers
Pete