RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
This afternoon, I shot my US Rifle Model 1903 with its Model 1905 sight. I had read up on the internet several descriptions of which part you were suppose to use at what distance and in what light conditions. Below are two ten-shot targets: a traditional black bullseye with a one inch X-ring and two inch 10-ring, and a modern scope sight-in target showing a six inch by six inch square. From the same rifle with the same ammo, shots were fired on alternating targets.
Even though I am seventy and wear tri-focals, there was never a problem seeing the front sight through the aperture. What was difficult was seeing the target with while keeping the front sight in focus. The black bullseye has a grey circle around it, and I held the “flat tire” sight picture. The scope target was a pink diamond shape that was hard to keep centered on the front sight picture.
The results speak for themselves; it doesn’t matter if you can see the front sight if you cannot orient it in relationship to the intended target.
Even though I am seventy and wear tri-focals, there was never a problem seeing the front sight through the aperture. What was difficult was seeing the target with while keeping the front sight in focus. The black bullseye has a grey circle around it, and I held the “flat tire” sight picture. The scope target was a pink diamond shape that was hard to keep centered on the front sight picture.
The results speak for themselves; it doesn’t matter if you can see the front sight if you cannot orient it in relationship to the intended target.