WrongHanded
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This may possibly apply to long barreled revolvers depending on rear sight adjustment, as well as ironsight rifles. I'm curious if anyone has experimented with using one edge of a square blade (or post) front sight rather than zeroing at the center of the blade.
The only reason I even thought about this was that after installing a new front sight on my Henry lever action, I noticed I accidentally had POI at the left corner of the sight. But when considering shooting at a small target with a 1/8" thick blade, the edge of that blade (or rather the top corner) seems as though it may be easier to line up than finding its center (especially when the blade may appear wider than the target).
I'm not sure I'll keep the rifle in this condition, but I may experiment a little more with it like this first. I also recall how even a NM front sight on the M14SA I once had would make a target at 300m look pretty small. And I wonder how drifting the front sight to use a corner rather than its center may have effected my shooting.
Has anyone else tried this? If so, how did it work out for you?
The only reason I even thought about this was that after installing a new front sight on my Henry lever action, I noticed I accidentally had POI at the left corner of the sight. But when considering shooting at a small target with a 1/8" thick blade, the edge of that blade (or rather the top corner) seems as though it may be easier to line up than finding its center (especially when the blade may appear wider than the target).
I'm not sure I'll keep the rifle in this condition, but I may experiment a little more with it like this first. I also recall how even a NM front sight on the M14SA I once had would make a target at 300m look pretty small. And I wonder how drifting the front sight to use a corner rather than its center may have effected my shooting.
Has anyone else tried this? If so, how did it work out for you?