Loki999 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Last week i've been shooting the World Shoot in Rhodes. Lot's of difficult shots and very bright sunlight, i've been shooting my shadow now for 7 weeks. What i noticed was that my shots on paper are low and the shots on steel are often to high. I guess there is a different point of inpact when you aim with the FO then when you are using the outlines of the sights. At some point i was putting the FO al little above the lowest line of the rearsight and this worked for shots on close plates, but when schooting plates further away i had to use a different point of aim, a litte higher on the plate. Does this sound familiar to you? And do you use a different point of aim during a stage? I personaly like to shoot small steels with the outlines and for paper and big steels i use the FO for faster pick up. I've orderder a new front sight whith the smaller FO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 it sounds like you're switching your point of aim back and forth resulting in the two different point of impacts. you may be complicating things by doing two different things at the same time. i don't use two sight pictures. if you can already use the outlines to aim, try switching to a plain front black sight. dawson precision makes a .170" tall front sight that is also narrowed. for me it is very fast and no fiber optic to get in the way. it takes a minute to get used to it, but in the end i was much faster with it. one sight picture, one point of aim, one point of impact. note that everyone's eyes are different, so your mileage may vary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradthegunmaniac Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I do the same thing high on small steel low on paper good to know I'm not the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki999 Posted October 12, 2011 Author Share Posted October 12, 2011 I do the same thing high on small steel low on paper good to know I'm not the only one. Yes me too but i think we are realy complicating things for ourselfs. Burningsquirrels is right, one sight picture, one point of aim, one point of impact. Will change to that. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoothdraw Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I hope that when my shadow arrive next week that the dawson FO is not wide so i could just remove that FO and put some black nylon fiber in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Ray, I am not sure if dawson shipped my order yet, I think they are making it from scratch. Do you want one? I can probably add it to the order if it didn't ship. They are 30 shipped anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoothdraw Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 let's look at what is installed first. Need to save money now for our travel and accomodation expense in WV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeZer Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) Most people shooting 124gr or 147gr bullets switch to 6.0mm front sight on the gun. It's also well worth spending half a day and 300+rds or so shooting targets at 10yards and then 25 yards just to see where you print... Shoot, next World's should be in FL - I sooo wanna go/make it!! Send me some $$$ :D Edited October 18, 2011 by CeeZer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki999 Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 Most people shooting 124gr or 147gr bullets switch to 6.0mm front sight on the gun Ok, i orderd a 5,5 and a 6 front sight. But my shots are already low on paper so i think that with the 6 mm the point of impact is even lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeZer Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Shadow's factory front sight is 5.5mm tall. I dunno what ammo/bullet you shoot, but heavier bullet should bring your POI up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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