What are the distances with the AA sight in the down vs up position.?
Also, anybody have a tip on how to get the front sight to drift, I've pounded on it and will not move. Heat.?
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What are the distances with the AA sight in the down vs up position.?
Also, anybody have a tip on how to get the front sight to drift, I've pounded on it and will not move. Heat.?
Nobody has an opinion.?? I'm guessing in the down position 100/300yds. Up don't know.
Not sure exactly what you are asking. Proper deployment of the sight is in the fully open position or down position. The markings aren't really distances but to be used to judge the lead on the aircraft based on it's speed and distance from the shooter. Think shotgunning for birds or clay pigeons. You have to lead the target to hit it. The wings more or less force the soldier to lead the aircraft which will give him a slightly better chance of hitting it.
In the US army, an officer or an NCO is supposed to target an incoming aircraft and everyone else is supposed to aim where the tracers are going and you hope the plane flies through the combined fire.
Sorry, I phrased the question wrong. I'm referring to the peep holes. I get two different POI with the peep in the folded position vs the one in the " deployed " position.
Most of the T99s I've fired have the front sight matched to the aperature on the leaf in the up position. The fixed sight in the down position usually requires a lot of your own windage and elevation judgement. I wouldn't move the front sight to match the fixed sight. As to using the AA sight, never tried it. Looks like it is set for a minimum distance of 400 yards or so.
There are three sighting positions for the Type 99 rifle. There is the battle sight (i.e. the aperture sight used when the sight leaf is down). It is set for roughly 300 yards. With the sight leaf up and the slide all the way down, the slide apearture give a zero for roughly 200 yards. There is a third sight picture. Move the slide up the leaf. The bottom of the leaf has a "U" notch. Use this notch for short range like 100 yards.
Note that these slides were regulated for Japanese service ammo. When you shoot modern commercial ammo the Point of impact may be different.
Walter
Exactly what I was looking for.!! Didn't know about the "U" notch. Thanks Walter,,,