MBUS Sight Picture, is this right?

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So I have been aiming so that I only see the front post through the rear sight. I try to focus the tip of the front post so that it is in absolute center. I haven't adjusted the sights since I first got the rifle and imo I would say it's accurate from 25yds by aiming like this. Is this right?

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The proper sight picture with a ghost ring is - top of the front sight post centered vertically and horizontally in the rear ghost ring with the top of the front sight at the POI on the target. In the pic it looks like your a little to the right some, and a hair high, but that might be the way the pic was taken. You have the idea though. The rear apature looks a little big though, is this a flip sight with a smaller aperature available? If so try using the smaller apature instead. Large apatures for combat style ghost ring sights are ganerally intended for "gross" hits on moving targets and a little larger field of view in lower light conditions. The smaller apature is a little better for accuracy.

Sight adjust the thing at 36 yards on a two inch center mass area, and with doing everything right you will be within about 1 MOA average at 100 yards and still pretty much dead on under 100 yards.

If the target is an indication, might want to concentrate just a little more on consistant breath control and trigger squeeze but your not too bad on that. Maybe a little more consistant grip and position too along with cheek weld - it looks like either your cheek weld or sight picture changed in some of the group patterns - one area indicates a weakness in grip, and I see a tendancy to walk right with the shots which a lot of times can indicate grip or position changes to "fight the weapon" as the weapon fires, if everything is correct the weapon should settle back into the same exact position each time after each shot recoil, if your fighting the weapon to bring it back to position most times you change grip tension or alter position slightly to do that and can lead to what appears to be rounds walking, don't fight it, if everything is correct and consistant the weapon will come back to the same position each time between shots. Its hard to tell exactly from the pic though. For a standing position though you do have a few good groups there. Your right handed aren't you?
 
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Oh ok I see. Yes, i'm right handed. I was having trouble taking like a dozen or so pictures to get everything centered and this one pic was probably the best one lol. My arms were getting tired from holding the rifle in one hand and my phone in the other lol. I was confused because I thought the sight picture should look something like the following where the base of the front post must be seen

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Agreed what Foxtrox says

25 yards using the MBUS standing

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Oh ok I see. Yes, i'm right handed. I was having trouble taking like a dozen or so pictures to get everything centered and this one pic was probably the best one lol. My arms were getting tired from holding the rifle in one hand and my phone in the other lol. I was confused because I thought the sight picture should look something like the following where the base of the front post must be seen

Nah, you need the top of the front post, so you have the right idea.

Oh, noticed a few more things from the target also. Don't stand so tensly erect with your body at an angle (slight from looking at the holes in target so not too bad there). Square your body to the target, left foot a little forward with toes pointing at the target (left heel just a little beyond the right foot toe line), right foot back just a little and feet about shoulder width apart, be balanced, lean forward sightly at the waist and lean into the weapon, bring your elbow down a little. For tactical shoot and move flex your knees some but thats just really if your going to shoot and move and is a whole 'nother experience, but some people do it for balance so what ever works for you in that aspect. Even though its a .22, its still a tactical weapon design profile and not a wood stock hunting rifle design, it was intended to be shot with a certain sighting and firing profile.
 
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Cool, thanks for the tips and explanation. It's really helpful since I couldn't find much info about the MBUS sights. BTW I do use the smaller aperture, but used the bigger aperture for picture purposes.

Maybe you could put up a thread that could be stickied so that others with MBUS sights can refer to it. Just a thought..
 
Cool, thanks for the tips and explanation. It's really helpful since I couldn't find much info about the MBUS sights. BTW I do use the smaller aperture, but used the bigger aperture for picture purposes.

Maybe you could put up a thread that could be stickied so that others with MBUS sights can refer to it. Just a thought..

Its just not the MBUS sights, its the standard M-16/M-4 series type ghost ring sight picture. The same sighting as used on those weapons also with the standard iron sights.

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I should change my stance, then. I've been shooting with a "weaver" style stance.
 
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