Thread: Another Vintage project and what happens when .....

Greetings,
This is one of the old NZDA 100 metre targets compatible with the use with iron sights. The bit of black DPC represents the blade fore sight a it would appear to the shooter. You held with a faint white line showing over the top of the blade and with the blade centred
inside the outer ring. NRA targets just had the half circle.

Regards Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings,
This is one of the old NZDA 100 metre targets compatible with the use with iron sights. The bit of black DPC represents the blade fore sight a it would appear to the shooter. You held with a faint white line showing over the top of the blade and with the blade centred
inside the outer ring. NRA targets just had the half circle.
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Regards Grandpamac.

@grandpamac Yes that would be an excellent target for a blade front sight and I could easily use a stencil to block out the white section and spray a much bigger dazzle dot as @Marty Henry has also mentioned

Considering this is seriously not a target rifle I am very happy with how it shoots and every shot I have fired with it so far at paper would have been a killing shot on a game animal.
It's just nice to find alternative iron sight set ups that can still do the job well with old eyes and much older rifles

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings,
This is one of the old NZDA 100 metre targets compatible with the use with iron sights. The bit of black DPC represents the blade fore sight a it would appear to the shooter. You held with a faint white line showing over the top of the blade and with the blade centred
inside the outer ring. NRA targets just had the half circle.
Attachment 250676
Regards Grandpamac.

Next time i test it at 150m I will use a target like this and shoot a group.
I think 150m would likely be its maximum effective range both for the sights and energy on target

This whole thread is just WOW!

With your targets, use a stencil to make your circle rather than just a blob of dazzle with no defined edge or centre. The human eye is round for a reason, make decent targets for it to look at and the groups may very well tighten up.

For iron sights I've been using a target that looks like an upside down capital T drawn in black against a white background.

The vertical leg makes it easy to centre the l/r, and allowing just the faintest white line between the foresight and the horizontal line gets elevation taken care of. for 100m I use black duct tape with 200mm long strips, it seems the perfect size for my eyes.

Great thread , you got to be happy with the result as well , very impressive and rifle looks fantastic as well

Originally Posted by Husky1600#2

With your targets, use a stencil to make your circle rather than just a blob of dazzle with no defined edge or centre. The human eye is round for a reason, make decent targets for it to look at and the groups may very well tighten up.

Ha, I think some people don't fit your descriptive up there - rose tinted line eyeballs that only see what they want to!

There are a few different iron sight targets floating about including the one used by cadets for the No8 and No9 rifles. They all seem to look like the one pictured above and it seems that only the size changes to reflect the ranges being shot. The only other option is the one designed for use with the globe front sight and not the blade which uses circular targets without the white bottom section.

And the very last task is engrave its caliber and barrel twist.

There is nothing else to do apart from taking it hunting

Well engraving it wasn't the last task

I brought this gutted canvas covered hard case
Had the lock off it straight away and did repairs and keyed

Won't be a huge job to sort the interior and find two straps for it

A wet afternoon well spent