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As a young firefighter on the Arizona/Mexico border I met two old miners who loved to show off their .30-30 skills. They were good. Both said they never “saw” their sights. They relied on “snap-shooting.” Fact is, the bullet can only go where the sights are “looking.” These two marksmen, experts through years of practice, were certainly seeing their sights. They also knew that if their carbines fell prey to wagging this way and that way, the result would be an errant bullet. Even offhand, they respected the equation of “shaky equals miss – steady equals hit.” The iron-sighted rifle must be treated to the same control rules as the scoped rifle. This is the rule: best possible rifle control followed by clear and precise sight picture, and finally the same careful trigger squeeze given the scoped rifle.

Here is the Ghost Ring Rear sight mounted on an older Model 336 Marlin Texan .30-30. It is a highly effective and very fast iron sight option.

Proper sight picture means a bold contrast between the front sight and the target — be that target a bull’s eye or bull moose. The front sight must be clearly distinguishable, not blended into the target. Two types of sight picture are six o-clock and dead-center. Six o’clock has top of front sight optically “sitting” directly below the intended point of impact. Dead-center has front sight optically right on top of the target. I prefer six o’clock with peep, dead-center with open irons.