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Re: Sextant accuracy (was : Plumb-line horizon vs. geocentric horizon)
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2005 Feb 13, 23:45 -0500
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2005 Feb 13, 23:45 -0500
Yes. If you are shooting for points you want the center of the target. If you are accurizing the system (rifle, ammunition, and shooter practice) you want the smallest group and it doesn't matter where it is, you will adjust the aim point. < > For clustering. A good sniper will still place it dead center. Some marksmen can't hit that close to dead center, but still can place a consistantly tight group. (And a marksman with a lousy weapon may still place shots in a large group.) This all for iron sights, no optics, no magnification. There are thousand-yard competitions for iron sights, too, but they use a much larger target.
