Ignition Override
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This looks like a really dumb question, but being fairly new to plinking etc, it was not always obvious when shooting at objects about 30-50 feet away.
I've never had any shooting lessons (age 52).
At my first outdoor range, a much more experienced buddy sat and kept the Mosin Nagant 44 on the 'v' in the wooden block and never ONCE hit the 18" target at 50 yards, nor the surrounding rectangular cardboard, even with the bayonet extended.
Yesterday (two days later-still puzzled
), I asked an older gent, former firearms instructor, to give me some basics which any Army Private learns in Basic Tng. (at OTS [Medina Annex] in '78 we fired .38 wadcutters once or twice-nothing else), this time from only 25 yards with the Mosin and Mini 30 using iron sights from the same wooden block.
He saw me consistently aim at either the bulls eye and hit 3-4" higher than two planned aim points, except for one trigger jerk: either at the bull's eye or the middle yellow ring halfway from the bull's eye to the bottom ring.
The gent told me that many iron sights are made for us to line up the rifle's front post right in the rear notch and aim at the bull's eye-If we are about 100 yards/meters away. Apparently many rifles' bullets actually curve a bit upwards as soon as they leave the muzzle.
You can't hurt my feelings, but I've never heard or read this being new, maybe because nobody shoots much less than 100 yards at a range etc. I noticed the Minis shooting high weeks ago, but the Mosins? For the most part it was only my second time at any rifle range, and when young, I could use a .22 and hit a turtle on a log at about 70 feet (seldom went plinking back then). As a new hobby right now, my shooting has been almost always solo down into a rural river with high banks on both sides.
Many 10 year-old country kids know more than I do.
Maybe I should keep quiet and make it look like I know such basics.
I've never had any shooting lessons (age 52).
At my first outdoor range, a much more experienced buddy sat and kept the Mosin Nagant 44 on the 'v' in the wooden block and never ONCE hit the 18" target at 50 yards, nor the surrounding rectangular cardboard, even with the bayonet extended.
Yesterday (two days later-still puzzled
), I asked an older gent, former firearms instructor, to give me some basics which any Army Private learns in Basic Tng. (at OTS [Medina Annex] in '78 we fired .38 wadcutters once or twice-nothing else), this time from only 25 yards with the Mosin and Mini 30 using iron sights from the same wooden block.He saw me consistently aim at either the bulls eye and hit 3-4" higher than two planned aim points, except for one trigger jerk: either at the bull's eye or the middle yellow ring halfway from the bull's eye to the bottom ring.
The gent told me that many iron sights are made for us to line up the rifle's front post right in the rear notch and aim at the bull's eye-If we are about 100 yards/meters away. Apparently many rifles' bullets actually curve a bit upwards as soon as they leave the muzzle.
You can't hurt my feelings, but I've never heard or read this being new, maybe because nobody shoots much less than 100 yards at a range etc. I noticed the Minis shooting high weeks ago, but the Mosins? For the most part it was only my second time at any rifle range, and when young, I could use a .22 and hit a turtle on a log at about 70 feet (seldom went plinking back then). As a new hobby right now, my shooting has been almost always solo down into a rural river with high banks on both sides.
Many 10 year-old country kids know more than I do.
Maybe I should keep quiet and make it look like I know such basics.
