April 2014 50 yd open sights

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acunning

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This is easily the best shooting I've done so far. And coincidentally, the first shooting without a parka since November, it has been a 6 month winter here. I purchased one of the remaining Shultz and Larsen 22lr target rifles from Tradex, and I love this thing! First time with aperture sights, and as long as I have my glasses on........ I'm using Eley Practice ammo, about 53 yds to where the stand is. A bit of a headwind, maybe 3-4 mph and steady. About 20 C, 5 shots per target. How do you score the bullseyes? I counted my score as 200 with 11X, do you count them if they cut the line or touch, or do they have to be completely inside the line? I used photo paper as per Horseman2's suggestion and it does make it easier.
 
superturtle said:
nice shooting. technically speaking though are aperture sights "open" sights? also how does that work? No front post?!
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There is a little ring instead of a post, or really it's sitting on top of the post instead of a bead. Just get the circles all lined up and the target in the center, and squeeze. I just grabbed these targets because they called them open/aperture and this looked like fun!
 
acunning said:
There is a little ring instead of a post, or really it's sitting on top of the post instead of a bead. Just get the circles all lined up and the target in the center, and squeeze. I just grabbed these targets because they called them open/aperture and this looked like fun!
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seems like it would be a set up that would lend itself better to quick snap shots but the results say otherwise I suppose
 
These are setup more for target, but the Garand in WW2 had peep sights that worked kind of the same I believe. The ones on my rifle make acquisition kind of slow because the front sight ring is kind of thick, and you center the bullseye in it. A larger bull, like 4 or 5 inch, is easier to see, and center inside the ring, it leaves only some white showing.
 
Nice Range.
Are the "Swing" targets hauled down range for bigger calibers?
The description on the target is Open-Sight / Aperture and the use of that target is appropriate.
The quality of the shooting is such that with three more targets you could shoot for 5 - 5shot groups under 1/2 inch.
 
horseman2 said:
Nice Range.
Are the "Swing" targets hauled down range for bigger calibers?
The description on the target is Open-Sight / Aperture and the use of that target is appropriate.
The quality of the shooting is such that with three more targets you could shoot for 5 - 5shot groups under 1/2 inch.
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Thanks! The range was a winter thing, even the unheated garage was better than heading out back. The smaller harder to see swing targets were a homebuilt set of 5 2 inch targets that were hard enough at first at 100 yds, but fun at 50. The bigger ones will be moved for shooting bigger stuff, where they are now is strictly 22lr stuff. I have a bit of a backstop behind the silos for them during the summer.
 
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