Zerstoerer
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Got this new Sharps - Globe sight up front, flip up sight in front of the receiver and the tang mounted aperture type fold down sight.
Unfortunately I can't see much. Might just be old age, but my eyes can focus fine on the front sight with or without glasses but looking though the rear aperture everything gets way to dark. Maybe ok for a target if well lit, but useless for anything out in the woods. A larger aperture would help but I did not like the whole concept and removed it. Which left me with the sight in front of the receiver. When folded flat agains the barrel there is a small grove but that is all blurry because to close to my eye. Folded up it is a little better but still just a blurry line that does not align with the focused front sight for any kind of repeatable accuracy.
I shoot other iron sight guns all the time, the rear sight is just further forward to be in focus together with the front sight. Actually prefer this now over scopes.
Other than filing in a new dovetail into the barrel further forward, what other options are there? Thought of sticking a sight backwards into the rear dovetail so the distance increases some, but there might be a better way.
A friend has a percussion Shilo Sharps with open, I guess Infantry type, sights which would work but the dovetail is further forward.
Thanks for any replies.
Unfortunately I can't see much. Might just be old age, but my eyes can focus fine on the front sight with or without glasses but looking though the rear aperture everything gets way to dark. Maybe ok for a target if well lit, but useless for anything out in the woods. A larger aperture would help but I did not like the whole concept and removed it. Which left me with the sight in front of the receiver. When folded flat agains the barrel there is a small grove but that is all blurry because to close to my eye. Folded up it is a little better but still just a blurry line that does not align with the focused front sight for any kind of repeatable accuracy.
I shoot other iron sight guns all the time, the rear sight is just further forward to be in focus together with the front sight. Actually prefer this now over scopes.
Other than filing in a new dovetail into the barrel further forward, what other options are there? Thought of sticking a sight backwards into the rear dovetail so the distance increases some, but there might be a better way.
A friend has a percussion Shilo Sharps with open, I guess Infantry type, sights which would work but the dovetail is further forward.
Thanks for any replies.