Using Gun Sights for Target Shooting: Practice Tips for the Gun Range

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Hi, my name is Chad. We’re talking about rifles and pistols shooting and we’re going to talk about sights. There are two basic sights, although there are a myriad of different kinds within each subsection, but there are two basic sights that are used on rifles and pistols. Pistols usually only use what are called open sights, and they work- these are the sights right here, where the front post kind of sticks up and you’ve got kind of a box in the back; it’s usually open on top with a notch. And the sight works by holding up the pistol so that you have ‘V’ in the back- that notch. And the post is up front. You put the post in the middle of the V and put the post basically on your target, so that the post sits right in the middle of the V, the top of the post is even with either side of the V in the back- the box in the back- and you place that on the target. And those are basic open sights. They’re very rugged, relatively quick to use, but mainly they’re simple and have been around for many, many, many years. Something more sophisticated would be something like this, which is a scope sight. And a scope sight- most people are probably pretty familiar with these- have a cross-hair inside and they have some, usually, magnification. That means when you’re shooting long range, of course, you can crank it up and see your target much more clearly, so you can place your bullet very, very accurately. These add weight and they can be a little bulky, but for a hunting rifle, probably the best thing you can choose. The durability is not as good of course as just a piece of metal, like open sights. But most people would prefer to use scope sights even on military rifles as they do today.

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