I'm looking for opinions/insight on the following issues and options:
1. With the current sight arrangement (one small leaf rear, silver bead front), it is horrible for shooting beyond 50 yards. The sights completely obscure the target at 100 yards. Mounting a scope will entail drilling and tapping and altering the bolt handle and will negate the "classic" look of the rifle. A receiver mounted peep might work, but if it doesn't I'm left with two holes in the side of the receiver and a stock cut out.
2. The slim comb whacks the crap out of my cheek under recoil. I was half expecting to wake up with a black eye this morning. I could restock the rifle, keeping a classic shape but with a better fitting cheekpiece.
As I type these thoughts out, it occurs to me that I'd probably be better off with a whole other rifle, but I hate to give up on this one. Give it to me straight, am I expecting too much by expecting modern ergonomics and accuracy from a bygone design?
Get a new rifle, maybe a CZ, instead.
Roger, yes, it's a 98 action and a pic follows.
Monz, yes, it appears to have been rechambered from 9.3x57 as the barrel stamp only reads 9.3mm and from what I've been able to find, an original 9.3x62 would have indicated so on the barrel.
Here is the rifle in question:
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Originally posted by SamB:
With the nice weather over the weekend, I was finally able to take a Husqvarna 146 in 9.3x62 to the range. (...)
With the current sight arrangement (one small leaf rear, silver bead front), it is horrible for shooting beyond 50 yards. The sights completely obscure the target at 100 yards.
I agree that the sights are terrible. When trying to shoot a group with my own 8 x 54 KJ (a modified M 1938 Husqvarna action with a light elegant hunting stock and straight grip), I could not get a tighter width spread (left to right) at 100 metres than 0.75" with the open sights (six shots), while the height spread was ... uhhh... let me admit, with shame, that it was an unsightly long 4.5" string :-(.
Evidently a case of shooter's error due to the difficulty of precisely maintaining correct height alignment of the tiny round silver bead of the front sight in the semi-circular rear sight notch :-(. Drat.
Carcano
[This message has been edited by carcano91 (edited 01-28-2002).]
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Ray Atkinson
Hermann
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Originally posted by carcano91:
I agree that the sights are terrible.
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Evidently a case of shooter's error due to the difficulty of precisely maintaining correct height alignment of the tiny round silver bead of the front sight in the semi-circular rear sight notch :-(. Drat.Carcano
Opinions of iron sights are always fascinating. I have got the same rifle myself (Husqvarna 146 9,3x57) and find the irons - silver bead and round notch - excellent. It no problem at all to put five shots i 4" offhand at 80 yards - for me. Others prefer a post as front sight and square notch. But I can�t shoot with that as I can�t keep the height than. It would be very interesting to get the reasons for those personal and diverging expeiences.
Best regards,
Fritz
P.S. A link about Huskies: http://hem.bredband.net/b102212/m46.html
Fritz
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Ray Atkinson