I've been whiling away the latest shortage by monkeying with some distance shooting with iron sights. I have a rest with sandbags set-up at 135 yards, and am getting pretty decent at getting softball sized groups with a .22 Marlin 60 (w/Williams Fire Sights), a .223 Mini 14 (w/ Modern Factory Peep), and a 30-30 336 Marlin (w/ Williams Peeps). It's fun, and burn rate on ammo is slow.
Of course, at this distance, the front sight on any of these rifles covers a portion of the target the size of a large Soup-Can.
Here's my question on sight elevation adjustment: At this distance, should my front sight blade cover the POI, ...or should the POI sit right on top of the front sight blade? Is this purely personal preference, or is there some best-practices history and science already existing on making such a choice?
Thanks in advance for any insights offered.
Of course, at this distance, the front sight on any of these rifles covers a portion of the target the size of a large Soup-Can.
Here's my question on sight elevation adjustment: At this distance, should my front sight blade cover the POI, ...or should the POI sit right on top of the front sight blade? Is this purely personal preference, or is there some best-practices history and science already existing on making such a choice?
Thanks in advance for any insights offered.