Model 1895 mannlicher steyr Q

[eighteenninetytwo]

Anyone shot one? What are the sights like?

[nick]

The rear sights on the ones I have are in schritten, so convert them to yards first.

[bigstick61]

I like the sights. They're nice for open sights. The front blade is triangular in profile, which is nice for shooting at fine points, and the rear notch is a v-shape which when you line it up right with the front sight looks like you have three identical triangles, with the center one pointing up and the others down. My eye seems to naturally want to align the triangles properly. Also, at least for me, when I shoulder the weapon, I don't need to adjust; the sights line up nearly perfectly. Results may vary for people of different dimensions, though.

The rear sight is a ladder sight with a sliding piece. There is a battle sight with the sight flipped down set for 500 paces. When you flip the sight up the slide has a notch, there is notch at the bottom set for 300 paces and a notch at the top for 2400 paces. The sliding piece covers the ranges in between in 200 pace increments from 600 to 2200 paces.

One thing about the front sight (which may or may not be hooded; most of the rifles floating aaround have the hoods removed) is that there are two heights. The Bulgarian ones had the original shorter front sight replaced by a taller one. This lowers the point of impact but it also changes what ranges each line on the rear sight actually are suitable for, and what these ranges are I cannot seem to find out. With the right equation it can be figured out of someone could tell me the exact height difference between the two sights, but no one seems to know this or have the two types to compare with precision. I haven't gotten to shoot my rifle yet, but I suppose I will find out when I zero it at the range. It is also virtually impossible to find a front sight adjustment tool. I've never even seen a picture of one. In that case, hopefully your windage is right on.


As for paces versus yards, the difference is a pace is 30 inches while a yard is 36 inches, so to convert paces to yards multiply by 5/6 and to convert yards to paces multiply by 6/5 or 1.2. If you know how to march in quicktime each step you take is a pace; that's where the measurement comes from, as each step taken while marching in quicktime is supposed to be 30 inches apart from the last one.

[Palimino Stripe]

bigstick61 knows what he's talkin' about

Here's a visual to give you an idea:



-Palimino