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Posted: 2/21/2009 3:34:34 PM EDT
| Is there a good tuturial somewhere that shows how to best utilize iron sights? My new S&W M&P has the Troy battle sights and being new to rifles, I want to make sure my thoughts on sight picture and adjustments are accurate. Thanks in advance. |
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Aperture sight are useful because we have a natural tendency to *center* things in our vision.
Think of a point...bullseye, dot, ect. When you look at the point through the rear sight aperture, center it in the aperture *sight picture*. Then align so that the top of the front sight post is at 6 o'clock on/under the point you see through the rear aperture and all is centered. This is commonly referred to as 6 o'clock hold. When the point (target) is centered in the aperture with the front sight at 6 o'clock on/under that point your sights are lined up with the proper sight picture. Fire a group and adjust windage (side to side). Fire a group and adjust elevation (up and down). There are many approaches to sighting and zeroing. This is one. ymmv. Remember: The rear sight is moved in the direction you want the point of impact to move. Up is up - right is right, etc. The front sight is moved in the opposite direction you want the point of impact to move. Up is down, left is right, etc. |
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Here ya go... this has some illustrations.
http://groups.msn.com/TheMarylandAR15ShootersSite/sightsopticsfaq.msnw I agree about Chuck Santos' IBZ and the RIBZ methods of zeroing too. Since you have a rear sight that doesn't adjust for elevation/range, just zero it at 50 _yards_, and that will put your "far" zero at roughly 200 _meters_ (219 yards). ***Edited to add - here's the RIBZ thread: http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=18&t=328143 |
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