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I've this Lott which has a 3 leaf rear sight needing filing-in. What says the consensus of the 3 sensible ranges for which I should file? Does not matter what game, temperature, time of day, or what clothing is worn, just the Lott. Stephen | ||
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100, 200, 300? | |||
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Pick realistic ranges at which you might potentially use open sights; zero of my customers use them for anything over 150 yards. And for DG, definitely not that far. Most iron sights these days are for decoration only, at least for the guys I know and install them for. 2-300 yards is a huge gap for a 450. You will miss a barn if it is actually at 250; these things are like mortars. Get a ballistic chart and pic the ranges that are realistic for the trajectory. I know, AR members shoot game at 500 yards with V sights; but no one else does. We now have very good scopes. And mounts. | |||
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I think DPCD is on the mark. Last year I decided I was going to hunt plainsgame in Botswana with a Ruger No. 1 450/400, iron sights only. You may have substantially better vision than I do, but 100 yards was pretty much the maximum iron sight shot I felt comfortable taking, and found that the majority of the shots I did take were between 50-75 yards. So, if I had to file in 3 leaves for a large bore, I'd probably go 50/100/150. But then, I don't know if that really gets you anything that you wouldn't get from just having a single rear sight, since the ballistic path for a 500 grain 458 Lott probably doesn't vary by more than a couple of inches for those distances. | |||
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207 yards, lasered after the shot. Dead in his tracks, heart shot. A single standing leaf, .30 Super. I could see better back then.  | |||
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Get the standing tuned at 100 -- if you make it 2" high at 100, it's fine to 200 .. then shoot at 25 and 50 to be sure where it hits .. iirc, the MBR for the 458 lott is 200 assuming 4" diameter opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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If you dead set on filing all 3 75, 150, 200. I personally would just do the 75 and leave the other 2 blank. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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I have an old double muzzleloader in 76 caliber or so and it’s leaf sights are engraved 100, 150, and 200. Shoot straight, shoot often. Matt | |||
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