Ok this idea came to me in the scout/shmout/levergun etc forum, and as a result of dad's encounter with a deer.
Dad was posted up in a thicket over looking a narrow valley where we have known elk to cross.. well the deer that crossed came out of the woods at 90 miles per...
and Dad, Like me, doesn't use look-through etc mounts on his rifle, he mounted his scope close in-line to the bore for better accuracy; (30-06 remington 760 Pump gun with burris 1-6 variable scope) Well the deer damn near RAN dad over and was so close he "couldn't find hin" in the scope.. so dad "pointed the rifle" at the deer at 15-20 feet away and pulled the trigger.
Dad bagged the deer, but wasn't sure "where" he had hit it.. but it got me thinking..
How can you get a LOW PROFILE scope with a 40mm objective AND close-in sights.. is it possible to mount a shotgun bead on the barrel for this purpose (provided you practice the sight picture this gives??) say at 10 o clock? Or would it be better.. at really close range to practice shooting by just looking down the side of the barrel???
You would not need MOA accuracy here I'm talking about an "oh ****" kind of a shot at high speed and close range.. (ie hit a nine inch pie plate sized target as it runs by)...any thoughts?????
Has anyone else thought of this????
let me know... cause my rifle doesn't have sights at all.. and i don't really want to change the scope set-up i have, cause the rifle is shooting .5 moa. I'm shooting a savage 116 with a stainless "compact" fluted bbl and adjusable muzzle brake with burris rings and bases and a tasco 3x9x40mm scope
Dr.Rob
[This message has been edited by Dr.Rob (edited December 22, 1999).]
Dad was posted up in a thicket over looking a narrow valley where we have known elk to cross.. well the deer that crossed came out of the woods at 90 miles per...
and Dad, Like me, doesn't use look-through etc mounts on his rifle, he mounted his scope close in-line to the bore for better accuracy; (30-06 remington 760 Pump gun with burris 1-6 variable scope) Well the deer damn near RAN dad over and was so close he "couldn't find hin" in the scope.. so dad "pointed the rifle" at the deer at 15-20 feet away and pulled the trigger.
Dad bagged the deer, but wasn't sure "where" he had hit it.. but it got me thinking..
How can you get a LOW PROFILE scope with a 40mm objective AND close-in sights.. is it possible to mount a shotgun bead on the barrel for this purpose (provided you practice the sight picture this gives??) say at 10 o clock? Or would it be better.. at really close range to practice shooting by just looking down the side of the barrel???
You would not need MOA accuracy here I'm talking about an "oh ****" kind of a shot at high speed and close range.. (ie hit a nine inch pie plate sized target as it runs by)...any thoughts?????
Has anyone else thought of this????
let me know... cause my rifle doesn't have sights at all.. and i don't really want to change the scope set-up i have, cause the rifle is shooting .5 moa. I'm shooting a savage 116 with a stainless "compact" fluted bbl and adjusable muzzle brake with burris rings and bases and a tasco 3x9x40mm scope
Dr.Rob
[This message has been edited by Dr.Rob (edited December 22, 1999).]