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Does anyone remember the Rifleman episode,,,
Where some low-life saddle bum stole his Winchester,,,
Somehow Lucas McCain had a Colt pistol,,,
I don't remember how, but he did,,,
Probably the bad guy's Colt.
He picked up a board that "conveniently" had an oblong hole in it,,,
Stuck the barrel of the pistol through the hole,,,
Jammed a small stick in an upright position into the back (read rear stock) of the board to use as a rear sight,,,
And shot the bad guy at a ba-zillion yards.
My Dad was very intrigued with that concept,,,
He went out to the shop, took a 1 x 6 and recreated what we saw on television.
The next day we went out to the woods with my Colt Frontier Scout (.22 lr),,,
And with a little bit of adjusting the "rear sight" he (not me) was soon hitting a 2 lb coffee can at a bit over 100 yards.
I support what 44 AMP said: "The trick to long range shooting of any handgun is (for me) not aiming above the target, but holding up the front sight, with the target on top of it."
That's what the board did,,, It steadied the pistol and the length of the board provided a rifle-like sight radius for aiming.
Dad started with a "tall rear sight" and kept cutting it shorter until he had it locked on that evil Can-O-Folgers.
I hadn't thought about that event for over 45 years,,,
The comment by 44 AMP reminded me of it.
Aarond
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