| Each of guns will have different caliber. Each caliber | | | | to its original setting and thus missing an easy shot at |
| will have the different effect with the sight of the | | | | some future time. |
| deer gun while a hunter shoots the target. | | | | The sights on a deer gun are important because they |
| Many calibers will not permit this two-hundred-yard | | | | are the only control that the hunter has over the |
| sighting range and keep within the six-inch limit. For | | | | bullet's course. These sights are made in many |
| example, the 170-grain bullet in the popular .30/30 | | | | different shapes and sizes. Blade, post, bead, ring and |
| caliber will drop about one foot in 165 yards. This | | | | a few other types of front sights are made in |
| does not mean that this is the limit of the six-inch | | | | different sizes in order to accommodate different |
| variation from the line of sight because the bullet | | | | shooters and different shooting conditions. Rear |
| starts below the line of sight and the highest point of | | | | sights are made in so many different styles, shapes |
| its flight is beyond the half-way point between the | | | | and sizes that it is difficult for the non-hunter to |
| gun and target and thus the six-inch limit is extended | | | | select any one that will give him satisfaction in the |
| beyond the distance of the twelve-inch drop. It does | | | | woods. Some of these sights are only adjustable |
| mean that if the sights are set for much over 150 | | | | vertically, while others may be readily moved to any |
| yards, that there is a good chance of missing the | | | | position, which the shooter desires. Some of the leaf |
| vital area of a deer at mid-range unless there is some | | | | types have several different sights that may be |
| effort to compensate for trajectory. Similarly the .30 | | | | snapped into position so that the shooter has a |
| 06 with the 180-grain load will drop a foot in about | | | | choice of sights to suit different shooting conditions. |
| 200 yards. I have never tried the 270 calibers, but | | | | Most of the aperture-type sights have several sizes |
| have been informed that this gun may be safely | | | | of apertures for the same reason. Telescope sights |
| sighted for 250 yards, with telescope sights, and the | | | | vary in power and field of view and are adjustable in |
| six-inch limit will not be exceeded either above or | | | | all directions. |
| below the line of sight for at least 350 yards. | | | | All of these sights will direct a bullet to the desired |
| For the greatest satisfaction in relatively flat country, | | | | spot if they are adjusted properly; but some of |
| most deer guns should be sighted for one hundred | | | | them are practically useless to the deer hunter; and |
| yards. This gives the hunter a hunting range of about | | | | some of the others, while giving satisfactory results, |
| 150 yards without the need for making allowances | | | | are too complicated to be practical. The deer hunter |
| for trajectory. The average hunter will have difficulty | | | | needs a sturdy sight which will not be knocked out |
| in hitting a deer beyond this distance unless he has a | | | | of adjustment by rough handling and he needs a |
| standing shot and in such cases he will have time | | | | sight which may be seen easily without cutting side |
| enough to make the necessary allowances for the | | | | vision. |
| distance. I find that it is not desirable to make any | | | | The sights on a deer gun are important because they |
| changes in the sights while actually hunting. Aiming | | | | are the only control that the hunter has over the |
| high for those long shots may not be as accurate as | | | | bullet's course. These sights are made in many |
| changing the rear sight to compensate for the | | | | different shapes and sizes. The deer hunter needs a |
| increased distance, but, since the distance must be | | | | sturdy sight which will not be knocked out of |
| estimated rather than measured, there is about as | | | | adjustment by rough handling and he needs a sight |
| much chance of error in either method. In aiming high, | | | | which may be seen easily without cutting side vision. |
| there is no danger of forgetting to return the sight | | | | |