Cut it three times…..

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Petrol & Powder

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…and it was still too short.

OK, I had one of those moments today that make you realize that you are not focused.

I was shooting a few rounds from a revolver and the rounds were hitting low. I had previously played with the sight (long story) and figured I didn’t have it set correctly; no big deal, I’ll adjust it.:)

Now – I’ve been doing this …..MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE AND THEN SOME! I know how to adjust sights. However, apparently, my mind wandered away during the process today.:embarrassed:

Somehow, my brain decided that I needed to bring the group DOWN, even though the gun was shooting low and I needed to bring the group UP. I screwed the rear sight down lower (YES, I know that’s was wrong….but my brain didn’t at the time). And I had to hold higher to score hits (Duh). So, what did I do? I screwed the rear sight even lower. I have no idea why I did that but as the bullets struck even lower, I doubled down on my flawed methods. Eventually I realized what I was doing but I took a few evolutions before my brain reset.

I know how to adjust sights, but for some reason I did it backwards today.

It was a classic example of; Cut it three times and it was still too short!
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
It happens.

My own best solution is to STOP, walk away and do/think about something else less critical for a bit. I don't let it bother me or worry that ut's because I'm getting old, because a lot of folks a lot younger are doing a lot dumber stuff.

"Pony-Tail Moments." When a pony-tail would be a handy handle to use to pull your head out of your butt. ;)
 
Mitty38

Mitty38

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Some reason I always forget how to adjust sights. I know rear sight down hole goes down. To the right hole goes right. Simple .... but Everytime... I set a new rear sight. The brain just goes blank.
 
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Petrol & Powder

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It reminded me of an event from long ago when I was working with my father. We were building framing for something, and he would yell down the measurement and I would cut the lumber and hand it to him. The first piece was short, and he admonished me. OK, set that aside and we’ll use it for something else. I cut another piece, and it was too short. He got a little hot and yelled down the same measurement again. I wrote it down on the lumber and yelled it back to him to confirm I heard it correctly. He concurred, I cut it, and it was too short!

He comes down off the ladder, angry. He checks my measurement on the lumber – spot on. I go up the ladder and take the measurement needed. It was exactly one inch longer than the number he had been giving me, he was reading the fraction correctly, but somehow was giving me a whole number that was off by one. I was vindicated.
 
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300BLK

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and I have a shooting partner that I've shot with for years....and it seems EVERY year at the annual cast bullet match, I have to retrain him as to how to use HIS scopes....

"Cut it three times….." brought to mind my conversion of my own homebrew BP cartridge lube to smokeless. I had to cut it with additional beeswax until it was no longer too slippery
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
Have to tell this one on my brother. I do it so often that it's just not funny, but his little "episode" was classic.

Coupla dumb rednecks out sighting in rifles, testing loads, etc. , taking turns shooting over the hood of his truck. I get one sighted in and move to the next while he was shooting and cussing this one rifle. My turn came again and I tested a load in something else, while he muttered and fussed with that one rifle. Then his turn. More cussing - same rifle. My turn - tested a couple different loads in a third rifle. All was looking swell for me, but he was at a point where he was making up NEW cuss-words, and they still weren't working.

He hands me the rifle and says "YOU SHOOT THE &#^%$@ THING, SO I KNOW IF IT'S ME!"

I took the rifle and looked at it for a second or two and then, innocently enough, asked "where'd you get this goofy scope? The windage turret is on the wrong side!"

It took yet a few more seconds for it to soak into both our feeble brains, but when it hit us, we laughed so hard we hurt. The session was a waste after that because neither of us could hold our rifles still enough to shoot because we'd start laughing again.
 
RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
Up/down hasn't been and issue ......left/right ? That requires me to think it through about 12x with irons that have to drift . I had a scope that was marked for the movement vs poi or maybe it just moved backwards........
 
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dale2242

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When it comes to adjusting open sights, I always remember this adage:
Always move the back sight the way that you want the shot to move on the target.
Obviously, you should move the front sight the opposite way.
 
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