Iron Sights

[adk hunter]

So @bamban posted a photo of him with kill in 1974 with rifle with iron sights.

So interesting question: have you ever killed a big game animal with iron sights and how long ago?

Me? I killed young buck with good old thurta thurta in a deer camp near @adk hunter. Year? 1970! And best part of that is I left new Case knife on a rock at kill site. I bet @adk hunter found it.

Not yet but I'll keep an eye out. Was here a few days ago...Wilcox Lake.





Peep sights and Savage 99's are all I knew growing up! The two boys with winchesters or marlins were dating a few of the daughters. Didn't work out...

 

[dmj]

From 1958 to about 1965 used an octagon barrel 25-35 Winchester rifle that someone had cut the barrel down to make a saddle gun out of it. Harvested a number of mule deer with the rifle. Was my Dad's first rifle and he passed it down to me.

 

[Jerry M]

Only used iron sights with my muzzleloader. Usually required by statute. I've killed 7-8 deer. All close range, less than 100 yards.

 

[98s1lightning]

Might have read it here, not sure

The deer camp beer can challenge
Everyone at camp gets a cold bore shot on a beer can at 100yds, whatever you brung.
(I've seen a lot of guys say I'm gonna shoot how far!?!, yes at 100 yards...) Lots of people don't practice shooting any more than 50yards with open sights.

I like to practice at 80-100yds with irons I think its 6" steel, offhand with a small centerfire "plinker" "yard popper" load. I tell my friends and son, practice with irons out that far, OFFHAND, and the rest will be "easy" when your out hunting (we hunt thick timber) but if you figured most still hunting, small game walking, or tree stand east coast are 50 yards and much closer for small game......its a code I live by.

Told my kid no scopes til your older and experienced, he shot 22 with a scope one day and was rapid firing hits, while I did congratulate him, that's too easy, he didn't know how to even line up irons at that point yet!!!!

 

[marksman1941]

I've killed a few blacktail and elk with an open sight traditional 50 cal muzzleloader. Hunting this year with an inline .54, still open sight.

 

[Machblack1]

I shot a deer with my No1MK3 standard iron sights at 150mts on river flats in the last roar (New Zealand south island).

 

[Phil Rizzo]

Had a Slie .54 cal muzzle loader with the buckhorn style sights.
Killed maybe 8-10 deer and pigs with it. Probably no farther than 75yds maybe?
A 420gr Maxi Ball and 100grs Pyrodex was mean on both ends of it.
The shorter carbine model if I recall.
Dual triggers