tdoyka
11-23-2016, 07:35 PM
i finally got the chance to shoot my 30-40 krag. i've had it in the safe since sometime this spring when i put on my redfield peep sight. i just never sighted the krag in. but boy i should have! the old rear sight looked alot like this....
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h273/tdoyka/_57_zpsrtoygbxa.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/tdoyka/media/_57_zpsrtoygbxa.jpg.html)
i had a real hard time trying to line it up. and the peep sight, well i couldn't find the front sight, it was just too dang small. i could do a 1 1/2 - 2 1/2" target at 100 yards(5 shots) if everything went right and the gods believed in me!!! oh, i forgot about the planets' alignment with the stars, never forget that one!!!:kidding:
but the redfield peep sight has changed all of that. after i got it where i want it(starting at 25 yards, 50 yards and 100 yards), i began shooting at 100 yards. i should have brought some pictures(i don't have a cell phone because i have a hard time talking due to my stroke). i think i did extremely well. i use a 165gr ranch dog over 25.5gr of h4198, what i use to hunt deer with. the groups that i have shot go from 3/4 - 1 3/8" at 100 yards(5 shots). the best i gotten so far was 5/8" at 100 yards, if you take only 3 shots, it goes roughly under a 1/2"!!! (i used a lead sled plus.)
i feel as if its basic training(army) again!! i haven't shot a peep sight on a rifle since i got out(1997). the peep sight lined up with the front sight almost magically. it was like i was shooting m16 again. them old redfield's do work. no more will i line up on a deer and not shoot because i am worried i can/can't do the front sight. that little rear sight(by little i do mean LITTLE) is now a peep sight. when i first used the 30-40 and cast boolits, i had to look 3 or four times to use the rear sight. it also took me 3 or 4 times to kill my first cast boolit doe.
i wish i could have shot more, i only had 40 rounds. next time i go it will be a whole lot more!!!
redfield peep sight
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http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h273/tdoyka/IMG_20161122_143327_zpsrwileije.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/tdoyka/media/IMG_20161122_143327_zpsrwileije.jpg.html)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h273/tdoyka/_57_zpsrtoygbxa.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/tdoyka/media/_57_zpsrtoygbxa.jpg.html)
i had a real hard time trying to line it up. and the peep sight, well i couldn't find the front sight, it was just too dang small. i could do a 1 1/2 - 2 1/2" target at 100 yards(5 shots) if everything went right and the gods believed in me!!! oh, i forgot about the planets' alignment with the stars, never forget that one!!!:kidding:
but the redfield peep sight has changed all of that. after i got it where i want it(starting at 25 yards, 50 yards and 100 yards), i began shooting at 100 yards. i should have brought some pictures(i don't have a cell phone because i have a hard time talking due to my stroke). i think i did extremely well. i use a 165gr ranch dog over 25.5gr of h4198, what i use to hunt deer with. the groups that i have shot go from 3/4 - 1 3/8" at 100 yards(5 shots). the best i gotten so far was 5/8" at 100 yards, if you take only 3 shots, it goes roughly under a 1/2"!!! (i used a lead sled plus.)
i feel as if its basic training(army) again!! i haven't shot a peep sight on a rifle since i got out(1997). the peep sight lined up with the front sight almost magically. it was like i was shooting m16 again. them old redfield's do work. no more will i line up on a deer and not shoot because i am worried i can/can't do the front sight. that little rear sight(by little i do mean LITTLE) is now a peep sight. when i first used the 30-40 and cast boolits, i had to look 3 or four times to use the rear sight. it also took me 3 or 4 times to kill my first cast boolit doe.
i wish i could have shot more, i only had 40 rounds. next time i go it will be a whole lot more!!!
redfield peep sight
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h273/tdoyka/IMG_20161122_143508_zpssin5w6au.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/tdoyka/media/IMG_20161122_143508_zpssin5w6au.jpg.html)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h273/tdoyka/IMG_20161122_143219_zpstkc1azis.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/tdoyka/media/IMG_20161122_143219_zpstkc1azis.jpg.html)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h273/tdoyka/IMG_20161122_143327_zpsrwileije.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/tdoyka/media/IMG_20161122_143327_zpsrwileije.jpg.html)