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Shooters practice with the same size targets as they use in competition.
Anschutz at 100yds?
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I guess it's blasphemy in your opinion to practice on different size targets then?
That seems like a good static approach to solve a task !;
Works every time, eh ?
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When shooters practice they use targets similar to the targets they will shoot in competition. There's nothing to be gained otherwise.
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Claiming that before a competition biathlon shooters practiced on 25mm targets (about 1") at 100 meters is what's funny.
With scope shooting shape and size of target is often not very important. But that's not true for aperture sight shooting.
With aperture sights shooters can't satisfactorily see targets that are as small as 25mm at 50 meters. At 100 they would be far too small to see adequately with the naked eye.
Aperture sights require larger targets so that they can be effective. At 50 meters the target is, in fact, 45mm, nearly twice the size of the alleged 25mm 100 meter target.
The idea is that the black target is just a little smaller than the view through the front insert. A very small target such as 25mm at 100 meters would barely be visible to the naked eye. Too small a target would not be possible to see well enough to make shooting worthwhile.
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Thanks for the internet explanation, who would have known?Claiming that before a competition biathlon shooters practiced on 25mm targets (about 1") at 100 meters is what's funny.
With scope shooting shape and size of target is often not very important. But that's not true for aperture sight shooting.
With aperture sights shooters can't satisfactorily see targets that are as small as 25mm at 50 meters. At 100 they would be far too small to see adequately with the naked eye.
Aperture sights require larger targets so that they can be effective. At 50 meters the target is, in fact, 45mm, nearly twice the size of the alleged 25mm 100 meter target.
The idea is that the black target is just a little smaller than the view through the front insert. A very small target such as 25mm at 100 meters would barely be visible to the naked eye. Too small a target would not be possible to see well enough to make shooting worthwhile.
As to your theory there's only one available size for targets/apertures and only one distance all amateur "biathlon" shooters use.
Why don't you try this before attempting to groom everybody else to your point of view...
Pain't or print a black 25mm round target dot on white background. Place target 100 metres away and look at it. Can you see the dot with your bare eyes ?
I'm born in the 60s and still can. If I can see it without magnification and my rifle has the capability & accuracy to reach it - I can hit it !
End of story !
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Don't dig yourself into a deeper hole.
Think about it. Keeping in mind that aperture sights don't magnify anything, the prone biathlon target is 45mm (1.8") and the standing is 115mm (4.5"). This is for 50 meters.
A bull that's 25mm (about 1") at 50 is already too small to use effectively with apertures. At twice the distance such a target is more than too small to use with apertures. A bullseye that size would be so small as to be nowhere nearly enough to fill the inner ring of the front sight making accurate shooting impractical.
No one would want to use apertures set for shooting 45mm targets at 50 meters on targets at twice the distance that are nearly half the size (25mm).
Think about it. Keeping in mind that aperture sights don't magnify anything, the prone biathlon target is 45mm (1.8") and the standing is 115mm (4.5"). This is for 50 meters.
A bull that's 25mm (about 1") at 50 is already too small to use effectively with apertures. At twice the distance such a target is more than too small to use with apertures. A bullseye that size would be so small as to be nowhere nearly enough to fill the inner ring of the front sight making accurate shooting impractical.
No one would want to use apertures set for shooting 45mm targets at 50 meters on targets at twice the distance that are nearly half the size (25mm).
KyleSchenk
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Not to hijack the thread, though thanks for the heads up on these rifles Jerry. The can and do shoot if you're willing to tinker with them. I've got one of the older 20" ones with the threaded barrel and the early trigger group.
I'd like to add that the triggers can be greatly improved upon. I ended up coming across a spare trigger group and decided I was going to modify it to see how good I could make it. I've since polished the internals, shimmed it, straightened the trigger blade some, installed an over travel stop screw and made a new torsion spring for it. It now has a really nice break at around 7oz.Here's the factory spring with the one I made above it.
