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CarlsenHighway
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Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express
19/01/22 02:30 PM

We must remember that the pictures are an illustration to get across a sighting concept. The illustrator himself may not have been a hunter.

I would assume that the sighting is to go through the centre of the bead, this is how nearly any reference in the old literature seems to have the V and bead used. The idea of the point of impact being at the top of the bead, or a "six oclock" hold is an Americanism from military style competitive target shooting in the 1920's using a peep sight and blade front sight; I think Townsend Whelen most responsible for it.

For hunting with express sights, shooting through the centre of the bead is much more natural when under stress and I sight all my rifles that way, with point of impact through the centre of the bead. For people who think that the bead will blot out the target at a distance, these sights should be used with both eyes open.

The sighting method above using different positions within the V for the bead is a 19th century convention leftover from black powder rifles (like the buckhorn sight) order to handle the high parabola of the trajectory for those old cartridges.

I remember WDM Bell counselling not to "monkey around with the from bead" by taking a fine sight etc, because in lower light the shooter will show more of the bead in the V simply because he can see it better...

I have done a lot of experimentation with open sights. (It was illuminating when I discovered the flat top rear sight was just as accurate as a shallow V or notch. You simply balance the bead over the top of the flat rear sight, so that it is in the middle. There is no notch or v at all, just a straight bar of the same width. You wouldn't think it would work at all, but I recall my first three shots at 100 metres made a one inch triangle group. Which was what that rifle would do with a four power scope.)

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.318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	NitroX	10/11/21 02:16 AM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	NitroX	10/11/21 02:26 AM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	mauserand9mm	10/11/21 12:19 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	NitroX	18/01/22 06:55 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	NitroX	18/01/22 07:04 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	DarylS	19/01/22 06:22 AM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	CarlsenHighway	19/01/22 02:30 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	NitroX	19/01/22 02:54 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	NitroX	19/01/22 03:14 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	Rothhammer1	20/01/22 09:48 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	93x64mm	20/01/22 10:14 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	sbs470	21/01/22 09:08 AM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	Rothhammer1	21/01/22 04:23 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	Rothhammer1	21/01/22 05:35 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	NitroX	21/01/22 06:16 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	Rothhammer1	23/01/22 11:37 AM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	93x64mm	24/01/22 06:49 AM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	DarylS	10/11/21 02:32 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	mauserand9mm	10/11/21 02:56 PM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	DoubleD	11/11/21 01:36 AM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	mckinney	10/11/21 12:46 PM
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Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	pjaln	11/11/21 01:08 PM
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Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	DarylS	12/11/21 05:22 AM
Re: .318 Westley Richards Rimless Nitro Express	CarlsenHighway	18/01/22 05:19 PM

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