What is a Proper Sight Picture with a VZ-58

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OK went shooting last weekend and got into a small debate but my cousin convinced me that I might be wrong so here I am asking all of you.

What is the correct sight picture when you have your rifle sighed in????

Here we have the front and rear sights.. (Front post does seem very high when I look at it on here)

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This is how I aim, and the rifle is sighted in this way for ~50m with the slider on the rear tangent sight at the U setting (Rifle was this way when I got it)

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Now he tells me that I should be lining up the flat part of the front sight with the bottom of the notch on the rear sight and then centering it and the post will stick up substantially

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This does make sense as you can then see more of your target and where you are shooting at. (This is BASED on an assault rifle so he made the argument that you could see the chest and legs with his way, where as the way I was shooting you block most of your lower FOV out.

Then on closer inspection we thought well what if we turn the post 90 degrees that gives you another sight picture again, you will have to imagine it because I did not take a picture but here is a close up of the front sight post. It would be similar to the way I shoot but aligning the bottom of the notch on the rear sight with the flat part of the front post (Does that explanation make sense?)

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So if anyone can tell me how to get this sighted in with the correct sight picture that would be great because I have no idea... Or point me to a manual that explain these types of sights.

TIA

PS these pics where a pain in the ass to get to look right..
 
It doesn't matter ... as long as you know where the shots go with a certain sight picture.
Having said that ....
Where do the shots go at 100 yards with your preferred picture?
(this is your second photo I assume and is the sight picture I would use)
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Adjust the front post so that this sight picture, (second photo),
puts the shots where you want, (just above front post), at 100 yards. (post higher hits go lower, post lower hits go higher)
 
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employee said:
This is how I aim, and the rifle is sighted in this way for ~50m with the slider on the rear tangent sight at the U setting (Rifle was this way when I got it)
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second pic but set the rear sight at 1 for the lowest , not the "U" , "U" is for battle range 300.
 
Ok so I was doing it right but had the sliding bar on the rear sight on the wrong setting.

Good to know, but still wondering if that is the "correct" way

Shots at 100m with the sliding bar set at 100 are close but its iron sights and I don't pretend to have them mastered yet but I can keep most shots in a group around the 8x8 inches. When shooting prone. Haven't tried off a rest yet.

I know how to shoot my model 94 and any type of peep sight but there had me confused.

Thanks for the tips, no to get out to the range again..
 
curtton said:
second pic but set the rear sight at 1 for the lowest , not the "U" , "U" is for battle range 300.
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My understanding was that "U" was for battle at any range from '0' to '300'.
I use the "U" setting and have it sighted it in at 50m.
 
G37, you set your rear sight for U (which is the same as 300m), and sighted it in at 50m for point of aim - point of impact?

Watch what will happen when you set your rear sight to the 100m setting and attempt to shoot at a target 100m away. If you never intend on engaging targets past 50m, then I suppose your quite fine. But all your other sight settings are useless.

Bring your rifle up to your shoulder with your current U setting. Without disturbing your sight picture and hold, lower the rear sight to the 100m setting.

Your front post is now above the level of your rear sight. Now you have to lower the post in your sight picture. Guess where those rounds are going?

Yup, in the dirt.

The Vz, like the AK, the SKS, and others have sights that reflect the trajectory of standard milspec M43 ball ammunition (122gr.). Set your rear sight for 100m and zero your mpi for 100m. Now you can adjust your sight settings for all known ranges.

The "u" or "n" or "D" or "SV" or "3" (China) are battle sight settings on the sight ladder. It is the same as setting your sight ladder for 300m. Your rounds POI will be 25cm high at 100m, 28cm high at 200m and centred at 300m. It allows the combat soldier to effectively engage targets out to 300m without constantly adjusting the sights.
 
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