Front sight inserts

Capt Henry · Post by **Capt Henry** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 11:11 pm

What sight insert do you use for what event.

Kelley O.Roos · Post by **Kelley O.Roos** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 11:17 pm

Capt Henry,

Be a little more spacific?

Kelley O.

Capt Henry · Post by **Capt Henry** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:44 am

I was wondering what front sight insert are normally used for what shooting events, such as long range, silhouette etc....
I know this is most likely a personal choice, but since I have not shot using this type of sight would like to know what works for other people.

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 1:12 am

Capt Henry,

Don't mind ole Kelley there, if he don't get his crackers on regular basis he gets a little testy.

You are correct site insert choice is a matter of personal taste. It is what ever works the best for you on that target, there is no correct insert for this or that type of target. Now you take "Ole Kelley" there he likes to shot a aperture in his front site for his silhouette work, and a damn small one too. I know there are small as I stole about 6 of his at the last shoot just to give them a try. Kelley is a hell of a shot with those little bitty inserts. Me I prefer a post for Silhouette's as I find the irregular shape of the Silhouette target's just to difficult to center in a aperture, while a post gives me a lot of lee way. It is all in what you are use too and what works the best.

Gunny

Kelley O.Roos · Post by **Kelley O.Roos** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:53 pm

Capt Henry,

Now if I didn't have the Gunny around to keep me on my toe's I'd be bored to death, Gunny may be the cause of that.

I use .105 aperatures for white targets and .100 for black targets, give or take as it depends on light conditions. I believe in using as big front aperature as you can to get clear light all the way around the target, that will elimanate most of the irreglarity of the targets shape. I use as small a hole in my back sight as possable, I crank down the hadley eye cup hole until I see spider webs and then back up one hole. The eye will naturaly align the sights doing it this way. I use the same method for paper targets. My eye's aren't all that good or I'd use a post front sight, as I think thats the very best way. For now I'll stick to the way I'm doing it.

Kelley O.

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:30 pm

Capt Henry,
I have tried everything there is and Kelley has it right on the money. My 60 + year old eyes have made the choice for me. I will also say that most of the shooters that do not have old eyes or glasses use the same sights.

Frank Costa

Trigger Dr · Post by **Trigger Dr** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:33 pm

My old eyes have found, like the others, that an apperture front and rear works best... Visulize a circle inside a circle inside a circle all of them centered

Trigger Dr

If it wern't for pickpockets, I'd have no sex life at all

Timberlake · Post by **Timberlake** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:48 pm

Kelley has this one right too! Aperatures front and rear with the rear closed down to ghost up the front well. However, I do better on chickens with a post front sight and touch off with the post just above the chicken, enough to see the top of target.

TL

Capt Henry · Post by **Capt Henry** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 6:22 pm

Thanks for the input, I will try some of the combinations see what works for me. The problem I have also is that these old eyes are getting worse, new glasses help if I can just get use to them now.

Gunny....Kelley you guys sound like your married

Kelley O.Roos · Post by **Kelley O.Roos** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 6:33 pm

Capt Henry,

Married hell, if we lived together one of us would be dead. Gunny may be a knuckel dragger,

I'm more devious

and faster,

besides he's retarted.

Kelley O.

aka-slim · Post by **aka-slim** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:21 pm

Capt. Henry,

About the sights, what they are telling you is correct, But my old eyes got bad enough, went to the eye Doctor to get new glasses and took my Sharps with me. Had him make one pair of glasses, so that the front sight was in focus. If you do this make sure the to lens is the same top to bottom, as, you look through a different part of the lens when you are standing or prone. Hope this helps.

Keep your powder dry.

Slim

Capt Henry · Post by **Capt Henry** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 10:54 pm

Thanks to all who responded, its a big help. Now I am going to try to find a spray can of group tightener and I will be all set.

Kelley O.Roos · Post by **Kelley O.Roos** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:16 pm

Capt Henry,

Preperation H works as a group tightner

Some guy's like Gunny put it their lube

Kelley O.

Capt Henry · Post by **Capt Henry** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:32 pm

Well Kenny it looks like Gunny may have the solution, bet those groups pucker right up.

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