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Tang sights.
The Ginral
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Good morning all from a new forum user but not new to shooting, tho I have a question I've wondered about for a long time.
I had a Sharps rifle once with a vernier type tang sight on it, but the sight had nothing that held it in place once you raised it, like a detent ball for example. So, when you fired, the web of the hand would push the sight down, towards the breech. To shoot again, I would have to raise the arm again until I could see clearly through the aperture.
Is this how they are supposed to work? (Kind of like a receiver peep, where your eye automatically centers the front sight).
Or did I just have a cheap one that was lacking some refinements?
I had a Sharps rifle once with a vernier type tang sight on it, but the sight had nothing that held it in place once you raised it, like a detent ball for example. So, when you fired, the web of the hand would push the sight down, towards the breech. To shoot again, I would have to raise the arm again until I could see clearly through the aperture.
Is this how they are supposed to work? (Kind of like a receiver peep, where your eye automatically centers the front sight).
Or did I just have a cheap one that was lacking some refinements?
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"Aim small, Miss small"
Ya only get one shot anyway so not really a preblem,eh?
DANG,where are may manners?? WELCOME TO THE BOARD!!
Throckmorton SASS #23149
A lot of shooters say your thumb should lay along the side of the stock, which might do away with the problem, instead of wrapping it over the wrist but it just doesn't feel comfortable to me that way. Never been able to get used to it tho I've tried some.