greyghost wrote:200gr... They weren't screwing around.
They tried tickling them out but it wasn't very effective
greyghost wrote:200gr... They weren't screwing around.
goldiexxxx wrote:Thank you for your replies.
Chronos, I intend to just use the rifle for a bit of fun at the range occasionally and I understand the benefits of using a "hold under" sight picture to better identify the POI on the target. I will take this into consideration also.
Supaduke, I looked at buying the oversized front sight also, but at the moment have ordered an original 6.4mm front sight online and will see how that goes first.
Since making my first post on this topic, I have managed to do some further research and discovered the equation used to correct open sights.
error at target X sight radius = change in front sight height
distance to target
The above calculation is all in inches including the distance to target, so use of an online length converter was handy to convert metres to inches and hundredths of inches back to millimetres. So I removed the front sight blade and measured it with calipers. I have a 5.2mm front blade and using the above equation, I need an additional 1.25mm on the front sight to correct the current error. When using 6.4mm and reversing the equation to work out the error, I get the rifle still shooting 8mm high / 100m. I can live with that, so I think the 6.4mm front sight will most likely work for me and my intended use for this rifle. still got the option of the oversized sight if I decide otherwise later.
What I don't understand is why the K98 even has 100 and 200m settings on the rear sight if its lowest zero is above these anyway. I know there are other versions of Mauser that their sights start at 300m. Having done over 20 odd years in the military, and with an understanding of how the need to remove error when under stress of battle is always a strong consideration in any military equipment design, I can not believe the IDF would knowingly leave this issue with their main battle rifle; especially since the rifles have already gone through a major refit from 8mm to 7.62 NATO anyway. When you combine the fact that the IDF has compulsory National Service, and therefore they don't get to select only the quickest thinkers from their society, it makes no sense that the rifle should be issued with a front sight that shoots so high at its battle sight position. I mean you don't win wars in just 6 days with a rifle that doesn't shoot straight!!
It makes me wonder whether once I get the rifle zeroed at 100m, whether the rear ramp sight will function correctly by incrementing the POI as designed. Maybe this will be the answer to why the rifle was issued as is, and they overcome this by a training technique??
I will be sure to post my findings from some range testing.
Cheers,
sungazer wrote:Dont forget that the first shot out of a freshly cleaned cold barrel is going to shoot low. Dont pay attention to your first two shots for the day. They will typically be half to one moa low