k98 mauser sight question

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so i have this all matching but the bolt masuer dating to 1941. shoots great but i have a dumb question.

the front blade sight is serialized to the weapon, and it shoots high as hell at 100m itll be 6 inches high. someone told me they were zeroed to 200m, but surely when set to one hundred it would be on right?

im not really interested in switching the blades out since its zeroed so thoughts?
 
It starts at 1.

originally i purchased selior and bellot and reloaded all the brass to war standard with a 194gr bullet.

thanks for the link ill check it out.
 
I understand that its probably zeroed for 300 and would be on but the point is its zeroed at 300m on the 100m setting which makes no sense whatsever. if this is the norm then if im shooting at 600m i put the sight to 300m.

either i dont get it or somethings up with my rifle
 
The impact on most of my rifles of that era was/is about 8-10" high at 100m. My understanding is that the men were trained to shoot at an enemies' waist (on the "battlesight"? setting) By doing so, the trajectory of the round would strike the upper chest at 100m, mid chest at 200m, upper abdomen at 300 (or something like this), so that the rounds' trajectory will hit the chest or trunk of the body way out to 600m (or something).

I did buy the Brownells high sight replacement, but didn't like it because it wasn't triangular like the k-98's, and didn't give a similar sight picture. It seemed more appropriate for a swedish mauser (if memory serves me correctly) which had a straight up blade vs. the k98 triangular front sight blade. I ended up having my gunsmith increase the height by putting a weld on the original triangular front sight after removal (there's a formula to determine how many fractions of an inch to add to the sight), and he machined/filed it down to a nice sharp, triangular point. Giving me a pretty good point of aim/point of impact correspondance....
 
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yes 41' dou.

i guess that makes sense then if they were trained to shoot at the waist. times change were're all taught 2 to the body 1 to the head at close range. long center of mass. ok im satisfied thanks to everyone for your help. ill just have to shoot the damn thing the way it is since im not inclined to change it in anyway.
 
Are you using the same load and bullet that the rifles sights was designed to shoot?

Just like a zeroed scope...
Its zeroed for One type of bullet being pushed by a specific type of charge.

i load 200grain hornady's that i have to bump up to a 400m sight to zero it for 50yards.
and with a 150gr it shoots about 9 1/2" high at 100yards.
 
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