The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-31
fBy Claude Parmelee)


Some one moved the sights on my
gun. The one great get-by abb.
The sights on gun direct the line
of aim, and a clear, sharp definition Is
absolutely necessary for shooter to
aim with precision and center his tar
get. In order to hit anything the
shooter must see 1t clearly, over or
through. the sights. A good contrast
must be sought and that will depend
upon the target, and it's color, In re-
lation to the sights.
Three types of sights are used IN
shooting-the plain open sights, with
all sorts of beads and rear notches;
the peep" with different sized aper-
lures and the glass-the telescope.
The standard equipment on most guns
is the open sights. Three OBJECTS
can not be focused by the eye with
precision at the same time-impossi-
BILE. A shooter can not see the tar
get. the front bead, and the rear
notch. with the same sharpness as he
can see one of them. Upon the
shooters eye will depend the result
of his vision down the sights. To
one eye the bead will look blurred"
to another it will look double" and
still to another the rear notch will
look fuzzy" and the round target will
look like an egg.
1t is not possible to do consistent,
good long, range, accurate shooting
with the open sights for this optical
reason alone and sooner or later the
shooter using the open sights Will
reach the point where his vision will
fail him and he will have trouble and
be forced to go to the Peep" The
peep" is the correct sight for
shooter to start with-a hard sight to
master, and to change over. for the
average shooter. Some shooters SIM
ply don't see how they can ever get
used to the peep sight" They
squint through the little hole, and 10
and behold-they see the whole world
before them They find 1t about i'm
possible to get a quick sight on a
moving object and tumble around
looking for the hole and after finding
that, look around for the bead and
by that time, the buck Is gone.
/ Curses. Still, patience will master
this peep sight, for the principle Is
OFFICIALLY correct-sooner or later the
eye will naturally center the hole and
the hunter will be able to put the
little bead" right on the spot in an in
slant and he will be able to see with
much better clearness, and he will
note the improvement in his accuracy.
The telescope sight need not be dis
cussed here. A delicate instrument
accurate rifles for fine target shoot
ing and by Shippers" A delicate in
strument and one of exact precision
and but seldom used for general hunt
ing purposes.
Most shooters are very careless
about their sights, bang them around,
and never pay any attention to the
glitter on the bead or the rear sight
with its shine, caused by the bluing
being worn off. Right here they
make the big mistake The light
shining on one side of the bead
throws them off and they do not cen
ter the bead in the rear of buckhorn
rear sight will again throw the shoot
err off center from the notch.
The very first thing that an expert
shot will do when shooting on the
IdHSt Will Dc ~ uopc biSutS,
make them jet fiat black for he Is we'll
aware of the tricks the light will play
on him. When using a white bead, it
should be fiat white--a dull white
not shiny. The rear notch should be
a fiat military bar with a notch that
just fits the bead and always kept
blackened with gun sight black or by
burning a match. Get a sharp defin-
ition, give your eye a chance to cut
against the bead and the target.
Watch this, especially when using
open sights, for you have two points
of contact to watch instead of one as
with the peep The Lyman and
the Marble are the two standard
peeps" Be sure that the sight Is
upright and that it don't "wiggle. y
Keep it tight always The heavy re-
coil of some guns will shake them
loose.
Use high bead" clear from the
barrel, so the light from the barrel
will not shine along your sighting and
throw you off. Sights should be we'll
taken care of and the first thing to
! receive attention