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Message started by Cadcord on May 23rd, 2020 at 9:22pm

Title: Re: My Krag is ready for the range
Post by butlersrangers on May 26th, 2020 at 6:20pm
I don't want to piss anyone off.

You judge - are notches off-set or not?

The 1898 "Dickson" carbine sight did not off-set notches for 'bullet-drift'. The 22" carbine barrel was found not to show the same degree of drift experienced with the 30" rifle barrel.

(Funny thing, FWIW - Rotational bullet drift is to the Right.
Krag 30" rifles, possibly from vibrations due to asymmetrical lock-up, had their bullets veering to the Left, upon leaving the muzzle, reaching an extreme at about 800 yards, IIRC.
The bullet path remained to the Left of point of aim, until about 1,100 yards, when rotational drift brought rifle bullet back to line of sight. Carbine 22" barrels did not manifest the same extreme behavior so sight notches were not off-set.
The Dickson rifle sight-notches, being positioned to the Right, appear to have been intended to correct bullet going Left, rather than 'rotation drift' to the Right).
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