Ethan-Good call. I can consistently hit a pop can at 50 yds. w/ a .22 but I wouldn't venture over that on game, no reason to was ammo or wound.

never really shot anything open sight other then a handgun and a .22, and the farthest distance attempted was 50 yards...if i had a high powered rifle im sure i could shoot well off a bench at 100.

hunting situation probably 75 yards would be my max range, but im just guessing, never tested my open sight rifle shooting abilities that much.

Depends on what gun I am using, I can shoot accurately with my .22- 100 yards, my .243- 300 yards, and my 45-70- 500 yards. and that is with open sites, not target sites. I also shoot those guns at those distances every week, as many times as I can get out.

That's easy

Depends what load I'm shooting in my M1A

168 grain, 32 clicks up and generally 7 clicks for wind.

M118 173 grain Special Ball, 30.5 clicks up and 6 clicks generally for wind.

Distance: 1000 yards

With open sights on my muzzleloader I dropped a deer last season at 125 yards.

I was just out on the range today ringing the steel ram at 500 meters (580 yards) with my .30-06. My comfort zone in a hunting situation with a rest on my pack or a tree limb is 300 yards unless I have a really good rest, am not huffing and puffing at 9,000 ft, and he is standing still broadside. Then maybe 350 - 400 yards.

I pretty god out to 50 yards with my .22 and muzzeloader, never realy shot open sights with a high power.

I would limit my effective range to 100 yards for 8-10" targets with the rifles I have equipped with open sights; 150 yards for a 12-15" target.

Mesarich,
The long range iron sights are target sights. The rear is a peep and the front is a circle that surrounds the target, leaving a thin rim of white around the target for perfect alignment. The targets are big enough to see without a scope and the front sight allows you to perfectly surround the target circle for proper alignment.

About a half dozen of the U.S.'s top shooters (mostly military) practice at my range for the 600 yard Camp Perry nationals every year. It amazes me to watch them shoot. Laying prone and shooting offhand, they pop 600 yard targets with 6 inch groups all day with .223 75-90g VLD bullets. Like Clay, they DO know what they are doing.

I need a solid rest to do that but the iron sights DO work... just click in the elevation and windage dope and they perform as well as a scope on a target. The 1000 targets are about 2 1/2 feet in diameter so you can see them just as well with iron sights... just more challenging to get the bullets flying right at that range as it is with telescopic sights.

I still use a scope at that range for hunting so I can see what I am shooting at. A prairie dog appears big enough at 1000 yards to center the cross hairs on the chest and if your dope is right, you and your rifle are accurate, that is where the bullet hits.

300 meters

What's the big deal of "O'MY GOD, I CAN"T SEE 1000 YARDS!"

The NRA target at 30, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 and 1000 yards the size of the black and rings are in proportion as to the width of the front sight. The farther the target, the larger the black and the rings.

NO BIG DEAL!

The only real problem is light and what Mother Nature through at'ya!

Paul T. said he couldn't even see 1000 yards yet alone read a speed limit sign untill he was real close, placed 2nd in his class that day and was amazed you can actually do it even for a blind man!

whitetailfreek

Your dead on Sir, all you need is to see that front sight. The rest is knowledge, skill and the ability to put it altogether!

Some people all they need is a swift kick in the CAN'TS

Also agreed WAM.

I was talking more of target shooting. Hitting clean in the vitals on an animal is a different story with iron sights. I would probably limit my iron site shooting at 100 yards with actual game.