Sighting in a flintlock rifle isn’t an exact science. I pretty sure there are any number of ways to do it. This is what I do. I shoot from a bench rest starting at 13 yards. At 13 yards, I just want to get the windage dialed in. I leave elevation alone, unless it is so bad that I can’t adjust windage. Or, if I am shooting way high at 13 yards…a little high, and I might file the rear sight blade after the 50-yard group. But way high, and I’ll pack up and either order a higher front sight, or a lower rear sight…or both. When I’m happy with the windage at 13 yards, I move the target to 50 yards and fire a group to confirm my windage setting is good at that range. If not, I’ll drift the sights, and keep firing groups until I’m happy with the windage. Then I start working on elevation…which, if Jesus is smiling on me, means filing down the front sight a little at a time, and firing test groups until I’m happy with the result. For a target, or small game rifle, that’s the end of it. With a deer rifle, on another day I’ll go to the 100-yard range to see where I’m hitting. If I’m way low, I’ll compromise the 50 yard zero to get about an inch low at 100 yards. What’s your sight in procedure?
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 22:53:21 +0000
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