Figured this year I'd leave the scoped guns at home and have some iron-sight fun. Accordingly, I pulled this old rifle out of the safe: Ruger #1A 7x57. I put a Pachmayr red Decelerator pad and an NECG rear sight on it, and sighted it in this morning with some Prvi Partisan 175gr rounds I bought from Grafs years ago when they were $11.99 a box. grin Pretty darn good ammunition, after I got it sighted in I put 5 rounds into 1.5" at 50 yards. Not very impressive by most standards, but fine by me for a factory gold-bead front sight and a less than precise rear peep sight.

With the factory front sight I had to crank the NECG peep all the way down, and am still 2" high at 50 yards, which is alright for what I've got planned for this rifle this fall, but if I decide to go rifle-looney with it later this year I'll be needing a new front sight.

So, anybody else taking a single shot afield this fall? If so, hang a pic and tell us about it.

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