As some may know I’ve been shooting mostly with iron sights lately in an A4 clone with a 20” barrel. I’ve also been working with a Marlin 336 and Model 60 both fitted with aftermarket aperture sights.
I generally set them up in their final form for a maximum point blank range (MPBR) appropriate for their uses and chambering. Usually it’s a 6” circle with whatever handloads I finally settle on, or a 2” circle for the Marlin 60 as it’s my rimfire silhouette rifle.
My question is would it be better to set the entire circle above the sights since they obscure anything below them? For example if I want to use a 6” circle for the 336 should I set it to hit a maximum of 6” above the line of sight so I can see the target above the sights all the way to the maximum distance?
Also, based on on-line calculators, setting the whole circle above the sights extends the MPBR a little bit.
For reference, these are all target rifles. I haven’t hunted in years and when I did only the Marlin 60 would have been appropriate for the quarry. I know the 336 isn’t a target rifle but it’s been in my family for 2 generations and I couldn’t stand not to shoot it.
I generally set them up in their final form for a maximum point blank range (MPBR) appropriate for their uses and chambering. Usually it’s a 6” circle with whatever handloads I finally settle on, or a 2” circle for the Marlin 60 as it’s my rimfire silhouette rifle.
My question is would it be better to set the entire circle above the sights since they obscure anything below them? For example if I want to use a 6” circle for the 336 should I set it to hit a maximum of 6” above the line of sight so I can see the target above the sights all the way to the maximum distance?
Also, based on on-line calculators, setting the whole circle above the sights extends the MPBR a little bit.
For reference, these are all target rifles. I haven’t hunted in years and when I did only the Marlin 60 would have been appropriate for the quarry. I know the 336 isn’t a target rifle but it’s been in my family for 2 generations and I couldn’t stand not to shoot it.