I’ve stepped away from iron sights for quite some time. In the mean time I’ve picked up some facial trauma resulting in an astigmatism in my dominant eye, making me left eye dominant but right handed. I’ve decided to give it a good ol college try, I love the simplicity and reliability of iron sights.
Ive come across some issues:
One: eye focus/retraining my previously dominant eye. Is this possible? Any tips on making this happen?
two: shooting my new to me CZ452, I’m having issues with picking out the front sight post. It’s already been painted. I figure I could try and repaint it again, maybe try out some new colors. Suggestions on paint/making the front sight easier to pick out? These were my 25yd groups today. I was reading that the adjustable sights for the lux/military trainer (the latter being my model) are calibrated for something of the 1250fps/40gr 22lr flavor. I could not get my point of impact low enough with that kinda ammo, but I could get things where they were supposed to impact with some standard velocity ammo. Any way to get my rear sight low enough to zero my rifle for high velocity stuff, like my preferred mini mags? What kind of 25/50 yard groups should I be expecting with iron sights?
three: I put some XS ghost ring sights on my Remlin 1894 in 357mag. So far I’ve managed to get 4ish inch groups at 50 yards using some plain ol 158gr jsp federal ammo. Previous owner told me he was getting 1.5-2moa with 158gr hand loads. With my current sight setup and ammo can I improve things? I would like to keep things around 2-4 MOA, I feel like that should be plenty accurate for a 100yds and closer brush/truck gun. Any secret squirrel tips for shooting with ghost rings sights? When I’m aiming I’m doing ok with picking up the front sight, but the rear ring completely disappears. Is this the function of the ghost ring? Just look through it and everything lines up? What kind of expectations of accuracy should I have with a ghost ring sight?
Ive come across some issues:
One: eye focus/retraining my previously dominant eye. Is this possible? Any tips on making this happen?
two: shooting my new to me CZ452, I’m having issues with picking out the front sight post. It’s already been painted. I figure I could try and repaint it again, maybe try out some new colors. Suggestions on paint/making the front sight easier to pick out? These were my 25yd groups today. I was reading that the adjustable sights for the lux/military trainer (the latter being my model) are calibrated for something of the 1250fps/40gr 22lr flavor. I could not get my point of impact low enough with that kinda ammo, but I could get things where they were supposed to impact with some standard velocity ammo. Any way to get my rear sight low enough to zero my rifle for high velocity stuff, like my preferred mini mags? What kind of 25/50 yard groups should I be expecting with iron sights?
three: I put some XS ghost ring sights on my Remlin 1894 in 357mag. So far I’ve managed to get 4ish inch groups at 50 yards using some plain ol 158gr jsp federal ammo. Previous owner told me he was getting 1.5-2moa with 158gr hand loads. With my current sight setup and ammo can I improve things? I would like to keep things around 2-4 MOA, I feel like that should be plenty accurate for a 100yds and closer brush/truck gun. Any secret squirrel tips for shooting with ghost rings sights? When I’m aiming I’m doing ok with picking up the front sight, but the rear ring completely disappears. Is this the function of the ghost ring? Just look through it and everything lines up? What kind of expectations of accuracy should I have with a ghost ring sight?
