Originally posted by SW CQB 45:
You BP shooters can shoot.
So it has been said....all the way back into the mid 1920's.
I do very well at 7 and 25 yds and the 50 is where my scores drop. I have been using a fixed sight gun, but I will soon have a tri rear.
You'll love the tri-set sight once you have it dialed in. Make sure you always return it to position 2 at the end of your shooting session. Position 2 will be the lowest setting (used for the 25 yard line) whether you shoot center or neck.
I may need guidance setting the rear sight since I have no knowledge with the aristocrat.
Setting it up is simple, first off run the main (gross) adjustment screw all the way down, then bring it up 1.5 to 2 full turns. I find 1.5 is usually a good starting place.
There are three small allen screws in the sight, each marked 1, 2 and 3. Those marks correspond with the positions of the adjustment knob. Use position 1 for 7 and 15 yards (and 25 if shooting center), 2 for the 25 shooting neck hold and 3 for the 50.
I start at the 7, run off a couple quick and get it close to center, then repeat from the 15. Just get them close fine tune later. You'll find the rear sight is pretty well raised in position 1.
At the 25 I fire my sighters from strng hand baracade. Two shots at a time and tweaking the little allen screw after each two. By the 25 you'll start adjusting the windage too.
Naturally, position 3 will be used for neck hold at the 50. Repeat the two shot exercise from your stringest position, tweaking the sights after each pair of shots. That will get you close and now you start over from the 7 and fine tune.
The main screw will have a arrow indicating the direction to turn to raise the bullet impact. That arrow refers only to the main screw. For the little allen screws it is opposite. Also, at the 50, it has been my experience that one flat of the allen equals one inch in bullet movement.
the gun builder said I can shoot point of aim at 25 with the rear and I plan a neck hold at 50. I assume at the 7, I just set to aim 10 ring to drop in the X.
You can shoot point of aim at 25, but why? The neck gives a very definite point of aim. Aim small, miss small, isn't that what they say?
I forgot to mention that I set my sights for the 7 and 15 so my aim point is the top of the X ring. That way the bullets are hitting below my line of sight.
if I have a weak area at the 50, it will be from sitting. just cant get comfortable. I used the arms around the knee position and find myself slowly falling back on every shot (with recoil) and have to re-grab another bite for the next shot.
The sitting should be one of your most stable positions. I would look at your leg as a baracade. It is hard to describe in writing how I get in position, it is more a visual thing. You can use either your right or left leg, most rightys use the left, I differ in that I shoot from my right on the outside of the leg. You'll have to try all variations until you find one that works for you.
Since you are rolling onto your back, that tells me you are doing something right in letting your body weight be carried by your arms and legs rather then using your gut muscles. That is a good thing. Watch the BP shooters in the sitting, pay attention to their footwear. A good set of boots add just the right counter balance. I don't even practice in tennie runners just a good heavy pair of duty boots.
Since my fixed sighted gun (45acp 1911) would not drop rounds into the X/10 ring from a neck hold, I had to drop the front sight to about 8ish if I was shooting ball and of course with no fine sight alignment there, I had no real grouping.
Remember how you did that, because if you ever shoot the Texas State Championships you'll be shooting a full Distinguished Match using a Duty revolver and a Duty auto rather than your Distinguished guns for the Texas Distinguished Matches.
I am left eye dominant but right handed, but I do well shooting prone left handed since I am a big guy and could not get my head down far enough for a right handed prone shot.
That should not be any problem. There are a bunch of cross-eye dominant shooters. It will just a be little adjustment to your left with the gun to keep it centered in front of your shooting eye, something I am sure you do naturally by now. Do practice shooting with your non-dominant eye too though because you never know when you'll be on a range where you might have to.
The range in Albuquerque come to mind. At the 25 yard line, left hand baracade, I have to shoot with my left eye because the tarhets are so far to my right that I can't lean out far enough to the left.
Hope this helps
