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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 284858" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>I have never shot long range big game with open sights. I also have not shot long range with rifles with open sights. That said, I used to be a handgun hunter and shooter nearly exclusively. That was before I get into building rifles and started promoting my own wears.</p><p> </p><p>We used to on a regular basis head out with the big handguns and shoot steel at long range. We started playing at 300 yards shooting at my 16 and 20" gong. After a very short time, this got pretty boring. Once you get the sights adjusted properly, hitting a 20" gong with a quality revolver in anything larger then 357 Magnum was pretty easy, that is shooting off a sandbag.</p><p> </p><p>We then started pushing things out farther and topped out at around 800 yards. There are not many traditional revolver chamberings that will remain stable and accurate at at that range but that would certainly not be a concern with your project.</p><p> </p><p>As far as which sights to use, We always used the open sights which were on the revolvers which were usually Ruger or S&W and both worked very well. </p><p> </p><p>It always was a fun time stretching things out with the big bores.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 284858, member: 10"] I have never shot long range big game with open sights. I also have not shot long range with rifles with open sights. That said, I used to be a handgun hunter and shooter nearly exclusively. That was before I get into building rifles and started promoting my own wears. We used to on a regular basis head out with the big handguns and shoot steel at long range. We started playing at 300 yards shooting at my 16 and 20" gong. After a very short time, this got pretty boring. Once you get the sights adjusted properly, hitting a 20" gong with a quality revolver in anything larger then 357 Magnum was pretty easy, that is shooting off a sandbag. We then started pushing things out farther and topped out at around 800 yards. There are not many traditional revolver chamberings that will remain stable and accurate at at that range but that would certainly not be a concern with your project. As far as which sights to use, We always used the open sights which were on the revolvers which were usually Ruger or S&W and both worked very well. It always was a fun time stretching things out with the big bores. [/QUOTE]
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