| JPK |
| (.375 member) |
| 10/12/07 02:17 PM |
Re: Target for zeroing with open sights
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Very interesting JPK.
I didn't say it before, but on the little buggers I shoot most, a shot falling off 2" at 50 yards would cost me the whole critter.
Another man's opinion follows. Admittedly it is only the opinion of one man, but I must say I agree with him. He only spent a short time in uniform as I recall, but he did shoot a bit of African game. I don't think he was a cork popper, but if he was, I wish I'd been there to pop a cork with him:
"THE TRADITIONAL OPEN V BACKSIGHT IS A SECOND-RATE CHOICE, FIT ONLY TO SERVE AS AN EMERGENCY STAND-BY. THE 'GHOST RING' APERTURE (JEFF COOPER'S DESCRIPTION) IS VASTLY SUPERIOR UNDER ALL CONDITIONS, FOR ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER." Finn Aagaard, American Rifleman, March 1984, page 76.
This fellow's opinion might be a little unclear to some, but to me, even with a cork popped, it's pretty easy to understand.
Uff da, og nordmann også!
Cork poppers unite!!
I would agree except that I find that a proper express sight is prefect for big dangerous game. No need for more than 50yds, or even 50yds. So, in my experience, what you gain in accuracy with an apperature, you loose in perspective since you limit your overall view. This is an issue, especially with elephants. The one that wants to kill you isn't the one you just killed!
Give me an apperature and give me whitetails or whatever here at home. But give me the open view and open perspective for big dangerous game, and so give me an express sifght - but file the friggin' bead!!! No need to live with ~2" built in error depending on the time of day. No reason to live with a huge subtending bead when a good filed, and so bright, bead will do in the dimmest of light.
JPK