CHAPTER IV
SIGHTS
Sights are made in many forms. Some suit one man best; others another. You cannot decide which suits your individual case without trying each sort for yourself.
When you find one form which suits you, it is a pity to risk spoiling your shooting by changing to others; a beginner should never do so, as he will get into an uncertain way of taking his sights, instead of always the same, which is the only way to make reliable, consistent, shooting. Of course, all your sights may be useless if you are going to shoot in a competition, consequent on the authorities making some new rule as to “fit for rough usage”; and then you will have to shoot with whatever will pass the rules.
My patent sight has, so far, complied with every rule, and it can be used for hammering nails without sustaining damage.
The main point is to have a front sight at once easily seen, and of which you see each time the same amount; not sometimes more and at other times less, else you cannot keep your elevation.
Also the “U” in the back sight should have bevelled edges, so as to give a sharp edge, else it looks “woolly.”
Again, if you are not able to see daylight each side of the front sight when it is in the “U,” you cannot be aware that you are not covering part of the front sight on one side or the other, and, therefore, whether your aim is in horizontal axis with your barrel.