. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, December 25, 1915.] THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN 11 ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT HOW A RIFLE IS SIGHTED. a AM SI I* Ml - ! I I . ! . I - . rf* â in sel5* IfcW â *' lie :: i »= 5,118 A » A rifle that will shoot into a dinner ^Plate at 500 yards for a score of shots, and a set of sights that are cruder than those used on the ancient crossbow- ttfs is the modern military rifle and its equipment The simplest form of rear sight in the worW-the Quickest to catch, and the most accurate to use, is a round hole in a plate close enough to th
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, December 25, 1915.] THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN 11 ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT HOW A RIFLE IS SIGHTED. a AM SI I* Ml - ! I I . ! . I - . rf* â in sel5* IfcW â *' lie :: i »= 5,118 A » A rifle that will shoot into a dinner ^Plate at 500 yards for a score of shots, and a set of sights that are cruder than those used on the ancient crossbow- ttfs is the modern military rifle and its equipment The simplest form of rear sight in the worW-the Quickest to catch, and the most accurate to use, is a round hole in a plate close enough to the eye to save searching for it when the rifle is thrown to the shoulder But two rifles of the world's military rifles are so fitted. One of these, the rifle of the "merican service, has the principle applied in so faulty a manner that for fighting the peep is nearly useless It is set too far from the eye, and it is too SmTheinsights on a rifle are necessary, first to allow the firer to see over the elevated muzzle second to alf-n the weapon accurately on the mark Regard- tesfo distance from the gun, if the mark is to be hit the muzzle of the rifle must be pointmghigher than the thing to be hit. At 1,000 yards the boreâthe ine of the barrel-is actually pointing 40 feet above the target During its flight the bullet falls this dis- ance and hits tbe°mark. This is true of the present Government rifle, but in the case of the old black powder 45-70, the barrel was actually pointed 175 feet above the mark at 1,000 yards. Bv raisin" the rear sight, the rifleman can see over thfrS muzYe, andVben the front sight is put into the proper relation to the mark and the real si'ht the rifle is pointed the correct distance above the target to overcome the effect of gravity, and stili , the rifleman is aiming at the target over his line ot SlSWhen the Government rifle is sighted for^000 vards the rear sight is roughly 5-16 inch higner than its position for 100 yards, and the m
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