Iron sight at 100 yards?

[Peter M. Eick]

Field positions are only useful if you go to the field.

Some of us don't hunt very often and basically are range bound shooters. Why practice something we would not do?

I do agree though. When I am not benching it, I tend to sit and kneel more then anything else. Mostly it depends on how high the grass is!

 

[Shrinkmd]

I've been able to keep more than half of my shots in the 4MOA of the 4/8MOA ironsightaction.com targets with my Mosin (using el cheapo surplus) I am using a Mojo sight, though.

I'm looking forward to trying out some Wolf gold next time at the range and see what it can do with better ammo.

 

[wanderinwalker]

Accuracy depends way more on the ammo/rifle/shooter interface than whether or not you have irons or a scope, IMO. Of course, this is all based purely on whether or not you can see your target. (Read: I'm not about to say you should be able to hit a 1-MOA target with irons if you can't see said target.)

With an SKS and issued-sights and cheapo ammo, I'd be pretty happy around 3" or so at 100 yards, prone or bench-rested. Offhand, I'd hope to keep them confined to more like a 10" circle or so, or something about the size of a pie-plate.

Actually, if you can hit a pie-plate at 100-yards consistently with an iron-sighted rifle, from any position, then I'd say you're doing better than 3/4 of the rifle-shooters I know.

 

[tnieto2004]

This is what I did today at 50 yards with the SKS

I hope to be able to do this at 100 yards soon

 

[The Deer Hunter]

With a rudimentary rest and my poor iron sight skills, my M44 was getting like 18" groups at 100 yards.

18" group=minute of man, which is ideal for a mosin or an sks.

 

[woof]

I can get 3 inch groups at 100yds with my 7.62x39 cz carbine and russian ammo and I have old eyes. At 50 yds 1 inch. That's plenty good enough for me so since I love the rifle's compactness I'm holding off scoping it.

 

[jefnvk]

I've done 1.5" with my Schmidt Rubin.

 

[funfaler]

A 6" group, with irons, at 100 yards should be the absolute minimum with an SKS, iron sights. 4" is really the goal, but 6" is very obtainable. Shooting the SKS out to 300 yards, with a pattern of 12-14" is well within the capability of the rifle, if in good shape.

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