Rangerrich99
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Well that information would've been helpful that day. What made hitting those jug s hard was that the front sight post completely covered the jugs; I had to guess where they were behind it.
I agree. Holding over with the target obscured is no good. Can't see the target when shooting a gun is simply not kosher.Using iron sights, I found it better to raise the front sight up and center the base in the notch than to obscure the target by keeping the top of the front sight even with the top of the rear, as in the normal sight picture. In a combat situation, of course, you would want to keep the target in sight, not obscure it/him.
Jim.
The rear sight top aligned with the front sight base. Keep that sight picture and 6 o'clock hold. Adjust the hold based on where the shots hit, and walk the shot from in front of the target to the target. This way the target is always in sight. If the shot still falls short when the front start to obscure the target, a new consistent sight picture is needed. To certain point, that is it. The limit has been reached.
The barrel needs to taped up before hand, or the smooth barrel just lack features for consistent sight picture. Even with that, things are getting difficult. Windage alignment is tough as no light is going through the rear sight notch. The front sight and rear are farther apart.The limit hasn't been reached until you run out of barrel. If you need to you can use a piece of tape for a sighting point.
Scope??? Next thing we know we will hear a story about shooting a deer with a 20'' barrel Blackhawk equipped with 10x scope, bipod, tactical sniper grips...With a Ruger 44 mag Super Blackhawk 10.5" 4x scope,