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Managing The Enfield W.S. Curtis ©2001 |
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Introduction |
Sighting Sighting the rifle with the open "V" backsight and inverted "V" foresight is not easy and the shooter should find which is the easiest to see clearly and to retain a visual image of it in the mind so that the same sight picture is always brought back. In the text books of the 1850s and 1860s the terms "full sight", "half sight" and "fine sight" were used to describe the relationship between the tip of the foresight and the bottom of the "V" in the backsight. Up to 400 yards the elevation is set moving the slider up the steps of the ramp sides. This causes problems in fine adjustment as it is difficult to lodge the slider at intermediate points. Small pieces of any material can be inserted under the sight arm to stop it slipping down. Over 400 yards the slider can be set at any point but it needs to move stiffly or it may move during a shoot with disastrous results. If its stability is in doubt, lock it into position with a piece of sticky tape. |
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For those of advancing years, whose eyes no longer easily encompass a clear focus on the backsight, the foresight and the target, it is suggested that they use an "Orthoptic" or peep-hole attached to shooting spectacles. This must not be an attachment to the rifle, only to the shooter. It gives no advantage to those with good eyes but helps to provide a level playing field for the visually disadvantaged. This practice is allowed under the Rules of MLAGB, MLAIC, HARC, HBSA, and the European societies. The old saying "Light’s Up - Sights Up" still applies to open sighted rifles and the tyro is recommended to study the works of contemporary masters of the Enfield such as the great Captain Heaton, whose masterpiece of 1864 "Notes on Rifle Shooting" contains many useful hints. |
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