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Offline teleman

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45-70 Handi rear sight adjustment
« on: December 24, 2012, 09:24:19 AM »
Any one know of a calculated rear sight adjustment procedure for the SB2? ie; how much one click or line moves POI at 100 yds or 25yds and so on?
The manual leaves a little wanting. If not then trial and error it shall be
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Re: 45-70 Handi rear sight adjustment
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2012, 10:03:22 AM »
In my experience, I have never seen, in any manufacturers handbook, what a line on the rear sight was worth at 100 yards.  It has always, for me, been a case of trial and error.  When ya get old you won't have that problem.  Usually, one click is a quarter inch at 100 on a scope. ;)

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Re: 45-70 Handi rear sight adjustment
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2012, 01:17:06 PM »
It is different depending on barrel length, trajectory of the load, etc. and only a point of reference in most cases anyway.
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Re: 45-70 Handi rear sight adjustment
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2012, 07:25:29 AM »
Will eyeball 'er then. Figure +3" @100yd, 0"@ 165 and -3" @ 200 yds with Factory Win 405 gr bullets should do the trick ?
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