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Old 02-23-2015, 08:29 AM   #1
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Question Is it Time to Scope Out Scopes?

While I have some telescopic sights, I much prefer and do better with iron sights.


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Iron sights are obsolete. Britain saw this one, and acted on it, before the United States did. (So did Germany, even earlier; but then they backed off). The plain truth is that iron sights are obsolete, outdated, dead; they’re not just resting or pining for the fjords. They’ve shuffled off their mortal coil and joined the Choir Invisible.

They’re dead, Jim.

As a shooter, you should still understand and be able to use the many kinds of iron sights that have been used on rifles, pistols, and machine guns over the last few centuries. The shooting fundamentals work the same (with the self-evident exception of sight picture and sight alignment) regardless of what kind of sight you’re using, but the iron sight imposes physical, temporal and human factors obstacles that optical sights do not.
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I like ACOG scopes.
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Old 02-23-2015, 04:29 PM   #4
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Dropped a Starling today from a tree 57 yards from my kitchen window using my Benjamin Discovery shooting a 14.3gr CPHP .22 pellet. Nikon Pro Staff 3-9x40 BDC.$179.95
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I put both on my builds.
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I see room for various kinds of sights. It all depends on the situation.

Obviously a magnified scope is best when the target is so far away that you can hardly see it with the naked eye. Then there are times when a red dot is good for fast target acquisition.

In the brush where a sight might get snagged on a tree limb, regular iron sights might be best. I also like iron peep sights for target shooting.
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I think peep sights made the Garand such an effective weapon.
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Old 03-01-2015, 09:58 AM   #8
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I like both but my eyes no longer like iron sights much,I had to retire my 30.06 because I can no longer see the end of the barrel through the peep sight,my MK 4 has a big ol hole for the sight and I can still use that one though,,my regular irons on the .22 I can still use pretty well.
I can consistently nail pop cans from 60 to 80 yards but I have had that rifle for 30 years,I could probably hit something with with no sights
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Old 03-01-2015, 10:13 AM   #9
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Default Patrice shooting with no sights.

Point shooting or instinct shooting. With practice very effective out too a hundred yards with a weapon.
Military picked it up the the 60s for training troops. Things happened fast in the Nam theater of operations, up close and personal often with no time for sights.
Bill Jordan, Col. Rex Applegate and Jelly Bryce, used their sights if the target was far away, but up close they used point shooting.
Try it, it works with practice.

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