Razor_J
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Hi guys, I had a wonderful experience recently with aperture sights. I would like some advice on brands, pricing, so forth. I wish I could tell you what kind I looked through but I dont know and the guy whose rifle I was handling would not tell me. He said they werent made anymore and that he wasnt sure he was even remembering the right name for them. He had a target rifle that had the odd shaped stock to fit your shoulder, and the rest permanently attached on the forend and on the bottom of the stock. I dont know much about this type of shooting so I am sorry if my descriptions arent much help.
The sights had a diopter about 3 inches in diameter with the smallest hole I have ever seen in it. The hole was so small I could not see it even had a hole until he handed it to me and I looked at the diopter up close. The front sight was a large cylinder with a threaded and knurled cap. The cap had a hole in it in which was a tiny ring. He said that the front sight ring fits the inside diameter hole (visually atleast) of the back sight and that what I am for is is the dead ceter of the front ring hole. It was at a gun show and I looked diagonally from the back corner where he was to the front corner of the ceiling and it was 100 yards easily. My old (sadly only 21 years old) eyes cant use iron sights well and with glasses keeping everything lined up and focused is a joke. With these sights I could easily have hit a bottle cap from that range. I cant describe why but aiming through the sight almost seemed to correct my vision somehow. I love iron sights and used to enjoy shooting them at respectable ranges but when I was 16 my eyes went from 20/20 to sad and pathetic in about 4 months. Please please help me find sights like this so I can enjoy iron sights once more.
The sights had a diopter about 3 inches in diameter with the smallest hole I have ever seen in it. The hole was so small I could not see it even had a hole until he handed it to me and I looked at the diopter up close. The front sight was a large cylinder with a threaded and knurled cap. The cap had a hole in it in which was a tiny ring. He said that the front sight ring fits the inside diameter hole (visually atleast) of the back sight and that what I am for is is the dead ceter of the front ring hole. It was at a gun show and I looked diagonally from the back corner where he was to the front corner of the ceiling and it was 100 yards easily. My old (sadly only 21 years old) eyes cant use iron sights well and with glasses keeping everything lined up and focused is a joke. With these sights I could easily have hit a bottle cap from that range. I cant describe why but aiming through the sight almost seemed to correct my vision somehow. I love iron sights and used to enjoy shooting them at respectable ranges but when I was 16 my eyes went from 20/20 to sad and pathetic in about 4 months. Please please help me find sights like this so I can enjoy iron sights once more.