BassCliff
Hellcat
Friends and neighbors,
I did not fire a handgun today. My mission was to get both Henry rifles sighted in as well as I could. I brought both the .357 Magnum Steel Side Gate and the .22 Small Game, both with 20" barrels and large loops. I like the large loops. When I grow up I want to be The Rifleman. I procured my favorite lane. Pay no attention to the man in the reflection.
In my backpack were a few tools, small screw drivers, allen wrenches, and my punch set with mallet. But first I fired three shots with the .357 to get a starting point.
OK, not too terrible. Like @Lab4Us, I had taken a WAG and did a little adjustment on the front sight with my non-marring mallet before arriving. Now I'm going to fire three, make adjustments, repeat as necessary. This might not be so easy to see, but I didn't want to post up all the incremental targets. Below you'll see nine hits - three groups of three, the first three in green, smack the front sight with the hammer, the second three in yellow, smack the front sight with the hammer, and the final group with red arrows. That looks pretty close.
I'm going to stick on an "aim small, miss small" reactive bullseye and shoot another group of three to check.
Well, hey! I'd say that's pretty good, for a target I can barely see. Let's shoot a group of ten, a whole mag tube, and see if I can stay consistent. Note that all the shooting so far has been from a "rest". I'm using my backpack to steady the rifle. OK, next target.
Alright, I guess we can say it's dialed in. Now I can try to have some fun. But first, a glam shot.
This is generally my favorite target. I like the big red bulls eye. But at 25 yards I can hardly see it. For this target I shot a string of 10 from my "rest" and another string of 10 freestanding shoulder fire. You can see the spread without the rest, especially the four bad flyers.
I patched it up and put 10 more hits on it from my backpack rest. I let one get a little to low, having fun, shooting too fast.
Here's another string of 10 freestanding. Ewww, four more bad flyers.
I'd brought about a box and a half of .357. For my last eight cartridges I shot them freestanding.
OK, I was trying to pay attention. At least there were no really bad flyers in that group of eight hits, all in the 9 ring.
Dang, the forum is complaining. I have to split this post. Be right back with the .22 Henry.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
I did not fire a handgun today. My mission was to get both Henry rifles sighted in as well as I could. I brought both the .357 Magnum Steel Side Gate and the .22 Small Game, both with 20" barrels and large loops. I like the large loops. When I grow up I want to be The Rifleman. I procured my favorite lane. Pay no attention to the man in the reflection.
In my backpack were a few tools, small screw drivers, allen wrenches, and my punch set with mallet. But first I fired three shots with the .357 to get a starting point.
OK, not too terrible. Like @Lab4Us, I had taken a WAG and did a little adjustment on the front sight with my non-marring mallet before arriving. Now I'm going to fire three, make adjustments, repeat as necessary. This might not be so easy to see, but I didn't want to post up all the incremental targets. Below you'll see nine hits - three groups of three, the first three in green, smack the front sight with the hammer, the second three in yellow, smack the front sight with the hammer, and the final group with red arrows. That looks pretty close.
I'm going to stick on an "aim small, miss small" reactive bullseye and shoot another group of three to check.
Well, hey! I'd say that's pretty good, for a target I can barely see. Let's shoot a group of ten, a whole mag tube, and see if I can stay consistent. Note that all the shooting so far has been from a "rest". I'm using my backpack to steady the rifle. OK, next target.
Alright, I guess we can say it's dialed in. Now I can try to have some fun. But first, a glam shot.
This is generally my favorite target. I like the big red bulls eye. But at 25 yards I can hardly see it. For this target I shot a string of 10 from my "rest" and another string of 10 freestanding shoulder fire. You can see the spread without the rest, especially the four bad flyers.
I patched it up and put 10 more hits on it from my backpack rest. I let one get a little to low, having fun, shooting too fast.
Here's another string of 10 freestanding. Ewww, four more bad flyers.
I'd brought about a box and a half of .357. For my last eight cartridges I shot them freestanding.
OK, I was trying to pay attention. At least there were no really bad flyers in that group of eight hits, all in the 9 ring.
Dang, the forum is complaining. I have to split this post. Be right back with the .22 Henry.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Now I'll send out my favorite reactive silhouette target and put 15 hits on it from the backpack rest. 
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I just wanted to get it started. It made for a quicker adjustment while at the range. I'm still thinking I'd like to put a Skinner peep sight on the .357. I'll shoot it a few more times and think about it.