Gentlemen,
What you think about this kind of sights for dangerous game rifles?
I remember a picture of Finn Aagard's 458 wm with this kind of sights.
As I already broke a good scope on my rifle I'm afraid of using another one and maybe the ghost ring works good.
I will appreciate your opinions.
Thanks
LG

I think this would be a good choice, used in conjunction with a low powered scope, rather than in place of one.

Telescopic sights offer good light gathering characteristics and ensiure proper bullet placement in all conditions.

Good, properly sighted-in iron sights are a good back up in the event your scope fails, or in extremely tight quarters.

Unless of course you are speaking of a classic double rifle. In that case, I think irons sights are both practical and traditional.

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Quick, Clean and Painless.

I agree completely.

Lorenzo, The short answer to your question is "yes" the ghost ring is a good choice!

What you might consider is a set of TALLY rings, and mounts for your rifle. A low powered VRI-X III Leupold 1.5-5X20 scope, and a Ghost ring or "PEEP" that fits onto the back scope base, also made by TALLY. The key to scope use is to buy a quality scope in the first place, then mount it in quality mounts.

This way, if your scope gets banged up,which is unlikely with the Leupold, all that is necessary is to flip the levers, remove the scope, and put the Gost ring on the base, and go on with your hunt.

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[This message has been edited by MacD37 (edited 02-05-2002).]

Lorenzo:

I saw that pic of the 458 as well, in an article of Aagaard's...but I believe the rifle belonged to Phil Shoemaker, an Alaskan bear outfitter.

J.

Lorenzo,

I have a ghost ring on my double rifle and although I haven't taken any dangerous game with it yet, I have killed two whitetail deer (at less than 50 yards) and hope to use it on eland and wildebeest (poor man's buff) this June. It is a very fast sighting system for close targets and offers reasonable precision for up to 100 yards.

Perry

I have the Ghost rings on my .450 Marlin and yes, they are fast.Im planning on takeing my Eland with it this year........10

I prefer ghost ring reciever sight to a scope on dangerous game...The more I hunt dangerous game the less I use a scope. I just see little use for a scope..

I still cover all basis and have a camp staffer carry my scoped rifle in the event that I see a big Kudu or Impala or whatever at some distance, and I could use it on dangerous game if the need arose, I did use the scoped rifle on one ocassion for a Buffalo to shoot between two trees and some brush, I'm sure I could have made the shot with irons but chose not to.

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Ray Atkinson

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I absolutely agree with Ray. Americans have become so accustomed to scopes we have come to believe they are necessary. They are not! They are not even a particularly good idea in many circumstances.

While I don't have Ray's experience, I must confess that I would never take a shot on dangerous game where the acclaimed light gathering capacity of a scope would be of use. If I can't see to make a clear shot, I sure as Hell don't expect to be able to track an animal that doesn't drop at the shot, nor would I put the trackers in the position of having to do so. Scopes are fine where long ranges are needed but dangerous game isn't dangerous at 250+ yards. Scopes are fine in dim light, but I wouldn't shoot dangerous game in dim light. Ergo, there is no need for a scope on a dangerous game rifle and a ghost ring is the better choice.

As for those who say that they might use their .416 on kudu at 250 yards, I wasn't talking to you!

Sarge

The article on Phil's 458 was in Rifle # 101, sept.-Oct. '85. he ended up putting a low powered Leuopold on it. - Dan