8 mm Mauser Rear Sight
I have a 8mm German Mauser. I would like to know how to use the rear sight, it has an adjustment, how do you use it? I saw someone just slide the adjuster up which raises the rear of the sight up, and I have also seen them stand the rear sight straight up, then adjust the slide and shoot with it standing up.Could sombody please tell the correct was to use this, I understand the adjustmentis for windage, and is in meters.
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If I understand you right, you're talking about the old leaf-spring rear sight on the 98/98K Mauser. I believe you use it by simply letting it lay flat (the "normal" configuration) and sliding the adjustable part forward to whatever nominal range you'd be shooting to (which won't be quite right if you're using modern factory-load ammo, since those sights were designed for higher-pressure military ammo.) With my own Mausers, I've found that leaving the slider all the way back (towards the shooter, so the sight is elevated the least) yields good results for 100-yard shooting with factory-load stuff like Remington or Sellier & Bellot. But now I've scoped my Mausers (a Yugo 48 and a Yugo-refurbished German-made K98)---without sporterizing them, I might add---so the rear-sight issue is moot.
One more thing: keep in mind, those German/Yugo sights are calibrated in METERS, not yards. And as far as windage adjustments go---unless you have some extra-fancy windage-adjustable rear site (which I doubt,) the windage adjustment is done through drifting the front sight, which may involve removing the front-sight shroud. And boy oh boy, is it FUN getting the shroud back on once you're done....
....NOT!
The thing about the Mausers I've had: they required little or no adjustment for shooting at 100 yards.0 -
Most 8mm Military Mausers have what is called a tangent sight. These adjust for elevation by moving the sliding piece forward or backward, elevating the rear of the sight more or less above the base. The type of sight that you are describing, which can be flipped up, and then a sliding sight moves up and down, is often called a ladder sight. Windage refers to the side-to-side movement of the sight to compensate for bullet movement from center caused by the wind; or to adjust the bullet to center resulting from a change in point of impact due to a different weight bullet, etc. What you are referring to is elevation, which is the amount one needs to raise the muzzle to compensate for bullet drop or trajectory at any given distance. This type of a sight (ladder) usually offers only one option for elevation when the sight is down, and this is called the battle sight. The purpose of this setting is to allow a rifleman to hit his target, an enemy soldier, at (example) 0-250 yds. while aiming at the center of mass. In other words, if aimed at the chest area it will hit higher or lower depending on the range, but will result in a hit. The adjustments available by raising the "ladder" permit more precise shooting at any range up to the maximum effective range of the rifle and cartridge. In the case of the 1903 Springfield you will find, in addition to a notch, a peep is available upon raising the ladder. I suspect that you have one of the earlier model Mausers, so you'll want to be sure that it is safe to use with modern ammo. The early rifles had a bore diameter of .318, whereas the later models have a bore diameter of .323. 0
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