She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[frmboyinthecity]

Yeah, right!

Think about it: If you raise the rear sight you have to raise the end of the barrel up to get the bead in line with the "V" in the rear sight, thus raising your impact point.

True. But I'm already shooting high. I want to lower my impact point, which in my head would mean that need to lower the front of my barrel, or lower the v I'm holding it in. This always gets me turned around.

 

[kwhites634]

True. But I'm already shooting high. I want to lower my impact point, which in my head would mean that need to lower the front of my barrel, or lower the v I'm holding it in. This always gets me turned around.

Whoa! I could've sworn you initially said you were hitting 2" low @ 25yd.

Now I'm going to have to back up & make sure I read it right.

 

[georgiayankee]

Well I got 10 babies this last hatch but gave all of them to my friend...her grandson made honor roll and wanted chickens... we have lured another one in. Waiting on this hatch they are due anytime...I already lost half if them so I'm hoping the remaining ones at least hatch something. Out of 48 I have 9 left. All of these were shipped so I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[kwhites634]

Whoa! I could've sworn you initially said you were hitting 2" low @ 25yd.

Now I'm going to have to back up & make sure I read it right.

You're right, you said you're shooting high. Now I don't know WHAT to tell you

I'd say try raising the rear sight, just to see what happens; it SHOULD shoot even higher.
You said you've already adjusted the rear down as far as it will go. That being the case, I'd contact Henry & see what they say. I'm pretty sure if you go filing the ramp base down you're going to void the warranty.

 

[napdognewfie]

I don't really know but can I make a guess?

If you assume (I know) that the gun is level, you need to either raise the front or lower the back or a combination of both till the sight is level too.

 

[kwhites634]

I don't really know but can I make a guess?

If you assume (I know) that the gun is level, you need to either raise the front or lower the back or a combination of both till the sight is level too.

Agreed, however he's already run the rear sight down as far as it'll go, & the front sight should be non-adjustable (at least none of the rifles I've ever fooled with had adjustable front sights)

 

[frmboyinthecity]

You're right, you said you're shooting high. Now I don't know WHAT to tell you

I'd say try raising the rear sight, just to see what happens; it SHOULD shoot even higher.
You said you've already adjusted the rear down as far as it will go. That being the case, I'd contact Henry & see what they say. I'm pretty sure if you go filing the ramp base down you're going to void the warranty.

It's all good. After I first purchased it, they sent me a new sight, and a nice hat, all for free. So I swapped the rear sight out. No change. So I haven't decided what to do yet, but I have debated buying a taller front blade, putting a scope on it, trying to shim the front sight, or just continue using a six oclock hold with a thin hair on the front blade. I can hit with it, but you definitely have to know the gun before you start to hit anything.

 

[kwhites634]

It's all good. After I first purchased it, they sent me a new sight, and a nice hat, all for free. So I swapped the rear sight out. No change. So I haven't decided what to do yet, but I have debated buying a taller front blade, putting a scope on it, trying to shim the front sight, or just continue using a six oclock hold with a thin hair on the front blade. I can hit with it, but you definitely have to know the gun before you start to hit anything.

If it were mine, and a new rear sight hadn't helped, I'd slap a scope on that puppy, get it driving tacks off a solid rest, and take it squirrel hunting.

You lost me with the 6 o'clock hold; never heard that terminology before. I was discussing your problem with a friend of mine today, who's messed with more rifles than I have, and he'd never heard of it, either.

 

[frmboyinthecity]

If it were mine, and a new rear sight hadn't helped, I'd slap a scope on that puppy, get it driving tacks off a solid rest, and take it squirrel hunting.

You lost me with the 6 o'clock hold; never hear that terminology before. I was discussing you problem with a friend of mine today, who's messed with more rifles than I have, and he'd never heard of it, either.

I can't remember where I heard it, Maybe I made it up. But basically, most people with open sight use nestle the front post right between the rear V sight and settle the front post right over what you want to hit. Essentially cover up your target. What I call a six oclock hold is in your sight picture, you basically set your point of aim right on top of your front post, so hold right below where you want to hit, or the six oclock place on a clock. The thought process is that you don't actually cover what you are aiming at, but still have it in your sight picture. I currently couple that with putting the front post almost to the very bottom of the rear sight, so I can just see the top of the front post, and its fairly accurate.

I love the gun though. It is a blast to shoot, and I could probably contact Henry again and with their great customer service, they would probably be more than willing to look at it. I'm leaning towards just buying a good scope and throwing it on the little bugger and hunting something. Squirrels in Utah aren't much fun to hunt, but I'm sure I can find something fun to chase with it.

 

[frmboyinthecity]

I can't remember where I heard it, Maybe I made it up. But basically, most people with open sight use nestle the front post right between the rear V sight and settle the front post right over what you want to hit. Essentially cover up your target. What I call a six oclock hold is in your sight picture, you basically set your point of aim right on top of your front post, so hold right below where you want to hit, or the six oclock place on a clock. The thought process is that you don't actually cover what you are aiming at, but still have it in your sight picture. I currently couple that with putting the front post almost to the very bottom of the rear sight, so I can just see the top of the front post, and its fairly accurate.

I love the gun though. It is a blast to shoot, and I could probably contact Henry again and with their great customer service, they would probably be more than willing to look at it. I'm leaning towards just buying a good scope and throwing it on the little bugger and hunting something. Squirrels in Utah aren't much fun to hunt, but I'm sure I can find something fun to chase with it.

Here is a picture
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Growing up, I was taught sight image 3, and with this gun, I use closer to sight image 2, with less of the center post showing.