Questions for Sharps4590

[miked]

I recently posted a question regarding the use of aperture sights. You, and others, graciously offered very sound advice regarding the use of this type of sight.
You wrote:

"For hunting I use a globe front sight that subtends about 4 inches at 100 yards. It's more than adequate for 200 yard shots on game but I won't try it any farther than that. I don't doubt my rifle or my load but there are too many variables for me personally to be shooting at game beyond that, unless it was bison or moose."

My question: 1) Does your entire globe front sight subtend 4 inches
                       or does your sight insert, inside your globe subtend
                       4 inches?
                    2) For hunting, are you using your crosshair insert or your
                        post insert?

Thanks, again. And yes this is quite a challenging and learning process.

[sharps4590]

My hunting rifle is a Montana Roughrider from Shiloh Sharps chambered in 45-90, (imagine that...hehehe), and it wears their factory globe front sight.  This particular sight doesn't have interchangeable aperatures.  The globe alone subtends 4 in. at 100 yards and I have to tell you that is an estimation on my part.  That's what it looks like to me.  I don't believe it's more but I suppose it could be less.  

My target/match rifle is a Shiloh Sharps # 1 Sporter in 40-70 Sharps Straight and it wears an MVA windage adjustable/interchangeable aperature/spirit level front sight and an MVA Long Range tang sight.  I wish the tang were a Soule style sight but it isn't.  For shooting steel and bullseye targets  I like the open cross hair except that from 300 yards in none of my open cross hair aperatures are of a large enough opening so that the bullseyes we use can be centered in the aperature.  This past Saturday I used the regular cross hair from 300 yards in with satisfactory results.  Using the open crosshair front aperature I ran a string of 9 X's at 400 and 500 yards, 5 shots at each distance.  That's good shooting for me and I was doing a little dance!

Good luck and keep after it, you'll figure it out.  It isn't rocket surgery and there's no substitute for time behind the rifle at distance.   If you have anymore questions I'll be happy to answer them if I can.

Vic