Can you drive stick?

[84wankel]

range is closed, but im 27. ive never personally owned an automatic vehicle. 98 jeep cherokee, 5sp, 09 ford ranger 2.3 5 speed, 94 f250 5 sp, 1984 rx7 5 spd and now a 17 2500 dodge, 6 speed.

 

[redshooter]

range is closed, but im 27. ive never personally owned an automatic vehicle. 98 jeep cherokee, 5sp, 09 ford ranger 2.3 5 speed, 94 f250 5 sp, 1984 rx7 5 spd and now a 17 2500 dodge, 6 speed.

And a Mazda fan by the look of your handle.

 

[84wankel]

And a Mazda fan by the look of your handle.

yep hence the 84 rx7 in there its gone now though, but it sure was fun

 

[njohnson]

FarmerDanz, claims 6" with an SKS, since I've seen an old Finn do about 4" I believe you, but your pics aren't cooperating.

I was out shooting today, had the range to myself, no "distancing" required. I got to say it's tough getting below 3.5" with Irons and ten shots. No problem getting 6-7 shots around 2.5", but always a few shots well out that didn't feel like I'd pulled them. I fired 20 at a pretty rapid rate prone and although it was 10.5", and required four mag changes, I was really pleased with the results.

Has anyone ever had an experience like this? First I center the post in the aperture, then place the post on my aim point. I'm having some difficulty with a "6" o'clock hold because for some reason the bottom portion of the bull washes out. Whatever the reason it's holding me back. I can still do a decent center hold, or I can do some kind of blinking shifting my gaze voodoo and resolve the bottom clearly, but only fleetingly. Obviously I can still shoot, but I think it's time to see the Ophthalmologist. If you have experienced what I'm describing, or are aware of it, any suggestions?

Are you normally using a centre hold or a six o'clock hold? Some times i get a washing out of the bottom of the aiming mark when i hold too close and the post actually starts to just overlap the aiming mark vs a stand off distance. Even when I over lap or have tried centre hold there will always be a amount of the light that bleeds through at the top of the sight post, even though it is over lapping the aiming mark in your line of sight.

It's hard to describe and I don't know the name for the phenomenon that causes it. Put it this way, try this experiment-on a bright sunny day hang a piece of black roofing paper on the side of your house in direct sunlight. With a target rifle with aperture front and rear sights looking at nothing but black paper you will see a line of faint white around the inner edge of the front aperture-its just the light being funnelled through the sights. So when you hold to tight to the aiming mark that light effect washes out what you would otherwise see as the edge of a dark aiming mark.

Another consequence of this condition is there will be small amounts of mis alignment of hold that you cant see because the washing out is hiding it.

If you are able to have both the post in sharp focus and a not bad focus on the AM then you're lucky, For me the AM is a fuzzy blob when i have the post in sharp focus. Maybe try using a larger, but repeatable stand off distance in your six o'clock hold?

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Ya. I can drive stick!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D-AMVChm9w

 

[redshooter]

Ya. I can drive stick!

Now that looks like a blast! It's been along time since I've gone for a ride in something with that kind of power to weight ratio.

 

[redshooter]

Are you normally using a centre hold or a six o'clock hold? Some times i get a washing out of the bottom of the aiming mark when i hold too close and the post actually starts to just overlap the aiming mark vs a stand off distance. Even when I over lap or have tried centre hold there will always be a amount of the light that bleeds through at the top of the sight post, even though it is over lapping the aiming mark in your line of sight.

It's hard to describe and I don't know the name for the phenomenon that causes it. Put it this way, try this experiment-on a bright sunny day hang a piece of black roofing paper on the side of your house in direct sunlight. With a target rifle with aperture front and rear sights looking at nothing but black paper you will see a line of faint white around the inner edge of the front aperture-its just the light being funnelled through the sights. So when you hold to tight to the aiming mark that light effect washes out what you would otherwise see as the edge of a dark aiming mark.

Another consequence of this condition is there will be small amounts of mis alignment of hold that you cant see because the washing out is hiding it.

If you are able to have both the post in sharp focus and a not bad focus on the AM then you're lucky, For me the AM is a fuzzy blob when i have the post in sharp focus. Maybe try using a larger, but repeatable stand off distance in your six o'clock hold?

That's a good description of how it looks, and you're right it happens just as I bring the post to meet the bottom of the Bull. As soon as I get the chance I'll try what you suggest, and just stop short of having the post, and bull meet...sigh, more "distancing"

 

[RifleDude]

Are you normally using a centre hold or a six o'clock hold? Some times i get a washing out of the bottom of the aiming mark when i hold too close and the post actually starts to just overlap the aiming mark vs a stand off distance. Even when I over lap or have tried centre hold there will always be a amount of the light that bleeds through at the top of the sight post, even though it is over lapping the aiming mark in your line of sight.

What you're likely to experience is the light glinting off your foresight. You can almost eliminate this by blackening the front sight. In the old days, shooters used smudge pots. If this happens to me, I use a lighted match and hold the front sight over it to blacken it. There are special sight blackening compounds available, or used to be, I haven't looked for any for a long time. I hope this helps.

 

[redshooter]

What you're likely to experience is the light glinting off your foresight. You can almost eliminate this by blackening the front sight. In the old days, shooters used smudge pots. If this happens to me, I use a lighted match and hold the front sight over it to blacken it. There are special sight blackening compounds available, or used to be, I haven't looked for any for a long time. I hope this helps.

It's worth a try, I have some SuperBlack somewhere, and a few books of matches.

 

[njohnson]

What you're likely to experience is the light glinting off your foresight. You can almost eliminate this by blackening the front sight. In the old days, shooters used smudge pots. If this happens to me, I use a lighted match and hold the front sight over it to blacken it. There are special sight blackening compounds available, or used to be, I haven't looked for any for a long time. I hope this helps.

That may help as well if the sight is in direct sunlight, then what you’re reducing is shine or reflection. The example I used of the target rifle is using an enclosed globe front sight that is shaded with no direct sunlight hitting it and also an aperture not a post.

Birchwood Casey makes an aerosol sight black which I used to use in NRA service rifle matches. Old timers used a small carbide sight smoker, I’m close to being an old timer but I never had one.

 

[redryder]

That may help as well if the sight is in direct sunlight, then what you’re reducing is shine or reflection. The example I used of the target rifle is using an enclosed globe front sight that is shaded with no direct sunlight hitting it and also an aperture not a post.

Birchwood Casey makes an aerosol sight black which I used to use in NRA service rifle matches. Old timers used a small carbide sight smoker, I’m close to being an old timer but I never had one.

If you know any PPC shooters, they use pounds of that stuff to blacken their sights.

 

[vagrantviking]

Flat black spray paint lasts quite well.
Might want to punch a hole in some paper to keep from painting half the barrel.

 

[FarmerDanz]

I will try posting the pictures again. Please someone let me know if they work, or dont. If these dont work I will just upload to tinypic.

 

[redshooter]

I can see them, nice range, good shooting!

 

[njohnson]

Farmerdanz nice shooting and nice to know MRGC is open. PoCo closed a few weeks ago, maybe time to look at a renewal to Mission.

 

[FarmerDanz]

Mission is closed as of Wednesday this last week.

 

[thatmikeguy]

I finally made it to the range for some shooting with my Norinco 14.5" CQ-A. I have a red dot on it cause my eyes aren't as good as they used to be. All 5 targets have ten rounds each from 100 yards using a Caldwell front rest. My average of all 5 is 3.24".

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n6758zh6imlp34p/AACnhKIKuLJMOxqvwDUSJJTta?dl=0

 

[redshooter]

I finally made it to the range for some shooting with my Norinco 14.5" CQ-A. I have a red dot on it cause my eyes aren't as good as they used to be. All 5 targets have ten rounds each from 100 yards using a Caldwell front rest. My average of all 5 is 3.24".

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n6758zh6imlp34p/AACnhKIKuLJMOxqvwDUSJJTta?dl=0

Nice, tightest group is 2.605", good shooting!

 

[njohnson]

Used my down time to upgrade my M1A NM rear hooded aperture from a 595 to a 460 from Shooting Sight. The sight picture looks much better, more like the 400 in my AR. Using their supplied tool it was a pretty easy swap.

Now I just have to wait for my local range to re open, and hopefully also allow prone again to test it out.

 

[njohnson]

This range closure thing is tough, l know we have to be patient and resolute about this thing it’s serious for sure.

How about a blast from the past, not an official entry. My old double lug gun with 30 year old eyes down south....

Prone, sling and iron sights and Machias was actually 500 yards on a reduced centre, so still a 2 MOA 10 ring.