Mark D

Thanks Bob, After I posted this I found a book Dead On: The Long-Range Marksman's Guide to Extreme Accuracy -- by Tony M. Noblitt, Warren Gabrilska and picked it up from Amazon. They have a few pages on the "iron sights" that were very helpful. The book over all is great with many tips and far beyond my needs with black powder. Yes, I see what you mean about the cost! ($350 high to $45 low). I think I just need to start my own notes as to load and shot and as they point out stay consistent…!

A question on long-range open sights. Sharps “Tang Sight”. Is there a modern version to the long-range open sight that was used on the Sharps Rifle? I have seen a “short” sharps that Dakota arms is making with the “Tang Sight”. How does it work? Is there a book or manual on this that might lay out a basic understanding for this type of sight. I have an Austin & Halleck black powder .50 rifle that is a lot of fun to shoot and would like to try my hand at some longer range shooting. I have seen all of the scopes that black powder guns have now but it just seems wrong to me. It seems like a lost skill to use an open sight but not sure where to turn. Thanks

Thank you Bob, We will give it a try next week and see how we do with both grain loads.

Grain amount for a .30-06 ammo I have a wonderful "custom alpine" .30-06 rifle that I use in the mountains. It is very light and a great rifle to hike with in the snow pack that we get in the Sierras. My question is about the right amount of grain I should use with the rifle. I have been using a Winchester 30-06 round at 147 grain and it seems to work fine. A friend bought some ammo to replace rounds that we shot, these are a Federal Premium 30-06 at 180 grain round. Are they safe? Is there a limit to the grain amount that I should look to stay under? The barrel is stamped with “18 tons per sq in”. Is there a table that would set the grain limit based on the barrel spec? Thank you for the help Great Site