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Septicdeath said:
Yes it would be great. Open sights. Off hand competition. 10 yard, 30 yards then 50 yards.
Without the rest stuff. This would separate the men from the boys. Hahaha. I'd enter a competition like that.
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Few years back i started a opensight share uour groups thread and got the " well no one her does that , or you he likes to that .. pretty much shot down. So many guns sold without sights thats becoming few and far between to shoot irons .

A gun without sights is like a car with no steering wheel..lol
 
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MDriskill said:
Are we talkin' OPEN sights (forward-mounted "notch" type) only; or IRON sights (includes both open and rear-mounted aperture types)?

I can do OK with a peep but I'm waaaay the heck too old for notch sights, LOL...
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IMHO I believe notch and rear aperture sight are totally different animals.
 
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Hateful McNasty said:
Few years back i started a opensight share uour groups thread and got the " well no one her does that , or you he likes to that .. pretty much shot down. So many guns sold without sights thats becoming few and far between to shoot irons .

A gun without sights is like a car with no steering wheel..lol
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Shot this 5 shot group a few days ago open sights, off hand at 40 yards. One low.

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Septicdeath said:
Shot this 5 shot group a few days ago open sights, off hand at 40 yards. One low.

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Saddly i got a inner ear issue from a dive and my balance aint so hot anymore . Its like tring to shoot drunk from a dingy in waves ..lol. im not the rock solid Hawkeye 20 year old anymore.. my balance is just not so good today
 
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Hateful McNasty said:
No peeps no optics. Just post and blade.
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Thank you - that is the answer to my question.

My point was that previous posts in this thread used two terms with different meanings. OPEN sights are one thing; and APERTURE (peep) sights are another; but both types are IRON sights.
 
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Septicdeath said:
Shot this 5 shot group a few days ago open sights, off hand at 40 yards. One low.

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So i knockef off my sandwich and yried a 50y freehand standing .. well thats the extent of my level on that..lol 😭

Then how long has it been since I even tried . I can't remember.

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If nothing else they did all 5 hit paper and got one in the bulls .. that r9 aint the most comfortable stock to sight view.

MDriskill said:
Thank you - that is the answer to my question.

My point was that previous posts in this thread used two terms with different meanings. OPEN sights are one thing; and APERTURE (peep) sights are another; but both types are IRON sights.
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Just stright ol traditional
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Hateful McNasty said:
I think it gives some eye exercise and helps on concentration.
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Eye exercise for sure. Did you work your way up to 50 yds from shorter distances, or did you just wing it? Farthest I’ve shot is somewhere between 50 and 55 ft. I’m practicing on can faces and spinners (2.5” and 1.5”) and doing well enough to feel like pushing it farther isn’t out of the question. Sitting, kneeling, squatting, and standing—hardest when standing, as you note.

I like the sheer simplicity/minimalism of open sights. My eyes say I should get a scope for some shooting, though. Reason to have two different guns, one with scope and one with open sights.
 
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jetpopt said:
Eye exercise for sure. Did you work your way up to 50 yds from shorter distances, or did you just wing it? Farthest I’ve shot is somewhere between 50 and 55 ft. I’m practicing on can faces and spinners (2.5” and 1.5”) and doing well enough to feel like pushing it farther isn’t out of the question. Sitting, kneeling, squatting, and standing—hardest when standing, as you note.

I like the sheer simplicity/minimalism of open sights. My eyes say I should get a scope for some shooting, though. Reason to have two different guns, one with scope and one with open sights.
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I guess a work up.. but more wing it..

I just got racks from 10m to 100y. With a new gun i check it short then feel its good then anything goes from there. 50y my most shot favorite . probably 80% vs the other yardage.. really hard to say what i do . I confuse myself alot as it is anyway..
 
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My favorite open sight: the big, all-metal, finely-adjusting one on an old Diana 27, complete with rotating plate having your choice of four notch shapes...
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...combined with a classic German beaded post in the front. Even an old blind guy like me can hit with these! (Well...almost...some of the time, anyway.)
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It's amazing that Diana put sights this good on a junior rifle like the 27. It's one of the very few rifles I keep the OEM sights on.
 
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