I recently purchased a CZ 550 American in .375 H&H and was rather puzzled with the folding leaf sights for 300 yards. I can almost justify the 200 yard sight - allowing that my eyesight isn't as good as it used to be - but the tall sight seems like a left over vestige of a former era when scopes were rare.
In all fairness, I haven't tried it at 300 yards yet (300 grain bullets?), so maybe I'm missing something... Might be fun - but I doubt it would be too productive!
Originally posted by Acer: I recently purchased a CZ 550 American in .375 H&H and was rather puzzled with the folding leaf sights for 300 yards. I can almost justify the 200 yard sight - allowing that my eyesight isn't as good as it used to be - but the tall sight seems like a left over vestige of a former era when scopes were rare.
In all fairness, I haven't tried it at 300 yards yet (300 grain bullets?), so maybe I'm missing something... Might be fun - but I doubt it would be too productive!
My eyes are not very good any more but we were shooting the M-16 at targets that were 350 meters away with a peep site. I was hitting the target most of the time. Last time I was at the customs office to get my paper work there was a man there with a BP 45-70 or something with open sites. He said he was on the way to England to compete in a 1000 yard match.
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I no longer have the sights, but the original sights on my CZ375 were regulated well and in good light, I had little difficulty hitting 12" square steel reaction targets out to approx 300yds from field positions. They were surprisingly precise and I could see them being useful in taking a long shot on medium sized game out in the open or fleeing/wounded game if needed.
I thought sights on the CZ550 were not regulated from the factory and that you had to file them yourself. All three leaves on mine seem to be about the same height.
Tanzania in 2006! Had 141 posts on prior forum as citori3.
Originally posted by citori: I thought sights on the CZ550 were not regulated from the factory and that you had to file them yourself. All three leaves on mine seem to be about the same height.
Every one I've seen, mine included, had the standing fixed blade regulated for 100 meters using the same factory CZ target. They use progressively taller front beads sized #1 - #14 for elevation and drift the rear blade for windage. Mine even had a witness mark for the final set windage. The two flip-up blades are merely progressively higher to regulate off the 100 meter zero using standard ammo for the caliber to center up at 200 and 300 meters. The factory used 300gr standard velocity ammo on my european 375H&H and it regulated perfectly out of the box. Switching to 270gr loadings it shot slightly high and I would switch to the next tallest bead and it would regulate well enough for medium game sized animals. It now wears NECG sights.
I have shot mine with 300 grain bullets (Remington) and with lighter weight projectiles (Hornady factory loads with Nosler bullets) and both bullets hit 8" high at 100 yards using the leaf sight. I had to download significantly to get close to the bull - and at the velocities of this "regulated" load, I have serious doubts that the leaf sights for 200 and 300 will put it on paper.
I would be much more comfortable with a peep sight, but haven't investigated the possibilities with this model rifle.
No thought went into the sights. Not like it would take alot of brain power. Same sights on the big bore CZ's too. The real screw up is the 100 m fixed blade. My 416 shot 5" high at 50 yds so I had to order a taller front sight. Gimme a break CZ and put a 50 m/yd rear fixed blade on the gun. Then graduate the 2 flip ups for practical distances. The front sight post is way too small as well. It'll become my 2nd gun when I get a DR. The iron sights are zeroed with the 400 gr for buff. Now I'll scope and zero it with a 350 gr load for everything else.
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