Been on a open sight kick for awhile now and spent the last two Sunday's lobbing lead out to 150 with an assortment of hardware. Absolute blast....goodbye bench work and paper!

Last Sunday...



The mighty .375's..

Today's outing...

Buddy left his African home but we added a few more...

Our own range...we're never bothered (well, maybe a bovine or two sometimes).

I sight in the factory irons on my BDLs in 06 and 222. It is fun, and they were actually pretty damn functional.

Going old school...

You ought to think about getting some Rugers😛!

And the awesome millennials...

Phil Shoemaker approved!

I strongly recommend the couch bound do not gaze directly at the pics....only steal glances from the corner of your eyes. You can't handle it...


As perfect an all around platform as has ever been conceived!

Oh,

And we played with some smaller stuff, too....

Very cool rifles. Looks like a blast. The pictures remind me of where I grew up in the high desert of Nevada, but probably montana or some place similar...

I see the paddles, where's the boats?

Did you convert the Mk II's to 375? Was it Ruger or H&H and tell us about the conversion if you would.

Looks like a dry lake bed to me. He's chit out of luck..

They're both Ruger .375 Alaskans that we dumped the Hogues and put in boat paddles.

Love these open sight threads. Someday Im going build a dedicated open sight rifle, or just buy a pre-64 with the drop comb stock.

Mojo,

What sight do you have on that pump gun?

(rear type)




Travis

Love those boat paddle stocks. Of the three I have, only one was from the factory. .30-06, .300WM (the factory rifle) and a .338WM.

That's my buddy's he inherited from his grandpa. He had it D&T'd and I believe that's a Williams on the back.

The front sight wasn't painted and was kinda hard to pick up but we were ringing the steel at 100 with ease and it had been quite a while since he shot and I had never touched it (or any pump) before. Could tell it was old school...had the perfect drop at the comb for irons. Handled really slick--I can see why they were so popular up in the north woods.

Kinda miss the old receiver sight on my pre 64s but now that my eyes are fixed i may try em again. Kimbers don't fit up with peeps to my liking but have my eye on a very nice old Husqvarna 06.

My longest shot ever on a moose [crippled] was with Lyman receiver sight on pre64 375 SG......

A rifle without scope is much nicer to carry.

Bingo!

I hunted a combo elk/Muley open hunt a few years ago wih my 77/44 loaded with 300 gr CP WFN. It was like carrying a walking stick! Awesome!

That really got me on the open sight kick and I haven't stopped. Reading Mule Deer's chapter on open sights in OORL just psyched me up even further. The only dilemma I'm facing is choosing between the No.1 RSI in 7x57 or the new Ruger .375 for this year's elk/Muley combo. As svelte as the RSI is, I'm really hooked on the .375 for now so it'll probably get the nod.

For years, a model 70 with Lyman receiver sight and sourdough/patridge front blade was the preferred combo.

I carried one for 30 years and have never felt that my scopes, used in the last decade, did much to improve my kill ratio.

Yep. Took one hunting last year



this one did about 2" at 200, the last time I had it out...

Good post Mojo. Lee-Enfield and corn-cob 760 are two of my favorites.

Iron sights are fun! Pretty much been using some form of iron sights, either open or peep for the past several years now. Going to keep using em as long as my eyes hold out!

I'm a big fan of iron sights. I stopped using a scope for hunting about 20 years ago.

I wish companies still made a lot of options for iron sighted rifles. Pretty much all bolt action rifles today come with stocks that have too high a comb for using with iron sights.

Here's a couple of mine,