Talk:Open Sights on Rifles

Rifle Sights

Sights on firearms allow the shooter to correctly align the barrel on the target so accurate shot placement can be consistently achieved. Sights come in a variety of styles.

Open sights Front sight centered

Open sights, often called “iron sights,” are very useful when shots are made at shorter ranges and in heavy cover. The front sight at the end of the barrel is aligned with rear sight, located to rear of the barrel or above the action.

Fiber optic sights

Peep sights

Fiber optic inserts on open sights can be very helpful to quickly align front and rear sights, especially in low light situations.

The Bullseye sight is an easy sight for beginners to master.

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The plain partridge sight whether w/ a bead or blade has survived the test of time and is popular w/ some....but "scopes" have taken over and many different reticules have been tried, but the simplest ones have survived. My choice was a medium dia dot....just put it on the target and shoot. When considering rifle sights, simplicity is the way to go.

Peep sights are popular and I've used them for a couple of yrs for hunting and also in the Army on a Garand and they work fine for me when the rifle is shot from a horizontal position, bur when shot from an up or down angle, my eye is unable to center the bead.....,my buddy had the same problem. Looking through a large aperture and concentrating on the bead is simple, but didn't work for me and my buddy on angled shots.

The shallow "V" w/ a triangular marker {express sight} is fairly good and is used a lot in Africa on big game which are larger targets, but don't know how accurately they would head hit squirrels. This sight requires 3 points of reference...front bead, bottom of shallow "V" and the triangle which might only be used for fast alignment...but is still necessary.