HollowPoint
04-05-2014, 11:06 PM
I've had this on the back burner for a while now but, I got a day off this past Friday so I thought I'd use that time to machine a new Globe Front Sight for my Umarex Octane.
The one I cobbled together initially worked well enough but the vertical cross-hair I used was a bit to thick of a diameter. It tended to obscure my target if that target was smaller than a sparrow or even as large as a feral pigeon out past 50 yards.
I wanted to use some slightly thinner wire as my vertical and horizontal cross hairs so that I got a sight picture like one would get looking through a target scope with fine cross-hairs; except that with the peep-sight setup that I have, my sight picture is one of a zero power scope with three horizontal cross-hairs.
With my air rifle I shoot both the 14 grainers and the 18 grainers if I feel like spending a little more money for them. The point of impact is pretty close to the same out to 50 yards with only an inch lower impacts with the 18 grain pellets.
The top most cross-hair keeps me on target out to the stated 50 yards. I figure the middle cross-hair will get me out to 75 yards and the bottom cross-hair should give me some accuracy out to 100 yards; although I don't know what I'd be shooting at that distance.
The finished Front Sight turned out a little chunky compared to my previous effort but I love the sight picture I'm getting now. It's alot more precise since I can now see the full body of the pigeons I'm aiming at beyond fifty yards. I posted some pics of my peep sight setup once before so I thought I'd post a few pics of the Front Sight I'm eluding to.
I hope they make sense to some of you. I tried using a scope with my Umarex Octane but for some reason I just couldn't hold it steady enough to make accurate shots. I think it has something to do with the fact that my scope tended to amplify even the slightest movement on my part as I was trying to settle the cross-hairs on my target.
At any rate, for the distances that I shoot at, a scope isn't really all that necessary.
HollowPoint
The one I cobbled together initially worked well enough but the vertical cross-hair I used was a bit to thick of a diameter. It tended to obscure my target if that target was smaller than a sparrow or even as large as a feral pigeon out past 50 yards.
I wanted to use some slightly thinner wire as my vertical and horizontal cross hairs so that I got a sight picture like one would get looking through a target scope with fine cross-hairs; except that with the peep-sight setup that I have, my sight picture is one of a zero power scope with three horizontal cross-hairs.
With my air rifle I shoot both the 14 grainers and the 18 grainers if I feel like spending a little more money for them. The point of impact is pretty close to the same out to 50 yards with only an inch lower impacts with the 18 grain pellets.
The top most cross-hair keeps me on target out to the stated 50 yards. I figure the middle cross-hair will get me out to 75 yards and the bottom cross-hair should give me some accuracy out to 100 yards; although I don't know what I'd be shooting at that distance.
The finished Front Sight turned out a little chunky compared to my previous effort but I love the sight picture I'm getting now. It's alot more precise since I can now see the full body of the pigeons I'm aiming at beyond fifty yards. I posted some pics of my peep sight setup once before so I thought I'd post a few pics of the Front Sight I'm eluding to.
I hope they make sense to some of you. I tried using a scope with my Umarex Octane but for some reason I just couldn't hold it steady enough to make accurate shots. I think it has something to do with the fact that my scope tended to amplify even the slightest movement on my part as I was trying to settle the cross-hairs on my target.
At any rate, for the distances that I shoot at, a scope isn't really all that necessary.
HollowPoint