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Offline Tencubed

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Figuring sight height
« on: September 06, 2008, 01:20:43 PM »
There have been several posts asking how much to raise or lower a front sight to move the point of impact a given amount at the target.

Re-reading some articles in the Feb 2006 American Rifleman I came across mention of an old formula I had forgotten about which may be of some help.

Sight height change can be figured by:

Sight radius in inches divided by the range in inches times the error at the target in inches.

Simple, and over the years has proven to work for me.

Mike
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Re: Figuring sight height
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2008, 01:48:54 PM »
Shucks, I thought I had invented that one, I've been using it since I was a teen, and that's been a while. ;D
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Re: Figuring sight height
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2008, 05:26:11 PM »
Know what you mean Coyote, first time I heard that method was sometime in the mid 50's when I first started shooting competitively.  Been so long since I used it I had really forgotten the method.

Old age I guess.

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Re: Figuring sight height
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2008, 02:37:48 AM »
I used it a while back....I found it on Brownells website...You just got to make sure you go the right direction with your sight....lol
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