Well took my little 44-40 RB carbine out to the range today.
They had 100 yards with a camera to see your hits and just binoculars for the 50 yard target.
I ran three rounds at the 100 yard, did not hit paper so no idea as to where my hits were on the birm, not a dirt birm so no dust. The RSO watched two rounds and could not tell if I was low or high?
Switched to the 50 yard target. I know I need to aim low at 10-15 yards so started out aiming at the bottom of the target and was two high. So I aimed at the stand marker A just below the target, maybe a foot between the two according to the RSO. I aimed just right at the left top corner of there A and started hitting paper, not a group to write home about but not used to the rifle or load I was using. Loads a 220 grn 43-215C, .429, 36 grns Goex, seems to shoot good if I do my part considering where my sight are.
So currently not really wanting to add a tang sight as my goal is to keep it close to original looking as I can for now. My eyes are still good with open sights.
I need to raise the front sight, how much? No idea, quite a bit from what I can tell. No access to a welder to weld up the sight to raise it. So thinking maybe a rocky mountain style front sight, something I can file down if need be? Would like to zero the sights at 100 yards.
So any ideas on a replacement front sight? Best I can tell the front sight dovetail is around .345
Not real savvy when dealing with sights!