Euclidean
08-26-2006, 11:08 PM
I've a stainless/synthetic 10/22 carbine, which I'm overall happy with, but the fact of the matter is my eyes suck and I can't really see the front sight bead in crisp detail. Yes, I wear glasses.
One of the things I do with all of my firearms is I take it to a very short range and see if I can hit a target without my glasses, because that's a handicap I feel like I should be prepared to deal with. I have trouble with the 10/22 at any range without my glasses, and even with I shoot my Marlin 60 much more accurately.
I realize part of this is that the cheap bulk .22 ammo I love to shoot up is sort of finicky, and that the 10/22 is not the most accurate rifle out of the box next to the Henrys and Marlins, but I know it shouldn't be this bad.
Now to be fair, I told myself maybe I just need to learn to shoot better, so I've been taking it with me religiously any time I get to go shooting. I've gotten better at picking up the tiny bead, but my effective range for consistently popping zombies' brains is probably only 30 yards or so and that's not acceptable. I should be hitting zombie head shots at 50 yards at least, if not 100 with good ammo (not the bulk stuff). Hey, I can do it with the Marlin.
I've heard the barrel band can cause accuracy issues, so I've intentionally left it looser, tighter, and even took it off completely, but that doesn't seem to really effect it at all.
I think one problem is that the bead is white, I've considered blacking it out as a cheap immediate answer. And the only thing I've shot with it is a paper target, so the problem could be white on white is hard to see. I've blacked out the rear dots on 3 dot sights before and that helps, but that's not really the same thing.
However I feel the main problem is probably that I just have trouble seeing such a small object in any detail. I think that's a big reason I like my Eotech so much is I can focus my eye on the target, which is a lot easier to see than a front sight post.
I've noticed I shoot better with aperture/peep sights, so maybe that's the way to go here.
I don't really want to scope it or mount any sort of optic on it, so that leaves replacing or enhancing the iron sights, or at least the front sight. Any ideas?
One of the things I do with all of my firearms is I take it to a very short range and see if I can hit a target without my glasses, because that's a handicap I feel like I should be prepared to deal with. I have trouble with the 10/22 at any range without my glasses, and even with I shoot my Marlin 60 much more accurately.
I realize part of this is that the cheap bulk .22 ammo I love to shoot up is sort of finicky, and that the 10/22 is not the most accurate rifle out of the box next to the Henrys and Marlins, but I know it shouldn't be this bad.
Now to be fair, I told myself maybe I just need to learn to shoot better, so I've been taking it with me religiously any time I get to go shooting. I've gotten better at picking up the tiny bead, but my effective range for consistently popping zombies' brains is probably only 30 yards or so and that's not acceptable. I should be hitting zombie head shots at 50 yards at least, if not 100 with good ammo (not the bulk stuff). Hey, I can do it with the Marlin.
I've heard the barrel band can cause accuracy issues, so I've intentionally left it looser, tighter, and even took it off completely, but that doesn't seem to really effect it at all.
I think one problem is that the bead is white, I've considered blacking it out as a cheap immediate answer. And the only thing I've shot with it is a paper target, so the problem could be white on white is hard to see. I've blacked out the rear dots on 3 dot sights before and that helps, but that's not really the same thing.
However I feel the main problem is probably that I just have trouble seeing such a small object in any detail. I think that's a big reason I like my Eotech so much is I can focus my eye on the target, which is a lot easier to see than a front sight post.
I've noticed I shoot better with aperture/peep sights, so maybe that's the way to go here.
I don't really want to scope it or mount any sort of optic on it, so that leaves replacing or enhancing the iron sights, or at least the front sight. Any ideas?