What is the drop compensation on a 30-06 at 400yds?
Depends on the load. With a hundred yard zero itās in the neighborhood of 18-36".
https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/30-06-springfield-178-gr-eld-x-precision-hunter#!/
Thatās a great datapoint. I would have guessed about 20" but you know long range shooting with firearms is not my forte.
So the poster above would have had to have a reasonable range ref, and have either aimed about 18" above the groundhog with iron sights, or had a calibrated mil iron-signt like those on a Mauser bolt gun.
I had a 30-40 Krag with that flip-up iron rear sight.
That began life as a military rifle, think Teddy R and the Rough Riders.
Not necessarily. My first 7RM had factory irons on it and I could adjust them for any range out to 400yds, same with the old 760 -06 my dad got circa 1952.
I had a witnessed PD kill with the old 700bl on a prairie dog at 428 paces and they are quite a bit smaller than GH"s.
Shooting beyond a hundred yards is a much an art as it is a skill and you just develop a āFeelā for it with enough practice.
Never seen a range-stepped iron sight on anything other than a mil-spec rifle.
I do completely agree with the feel comment when I shoot compound bows beyond 50 yards, or traditional archery at any range. Itās just a thing.
They are common actually. Even my old 1950 Remington 520 pump has them.
They are not labeled by range necessarily because loads differ so greatly in the modern era but most are fully adjustable.
Take a close look at the rear sight on this model 70. The ābladeā you see is graduated and can be adjusted for four or five different ranges.
That looks like an add-on bit.
Nope, thatās just an old style factory Iron sight. Very similar to what came on the remingtons.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/795295637
This is the same rear sight as on my old 1976 model 700. The sight slides up/down on the wedge to adjust it for range.
This is the old style with the slotted wedge.
This is what the rear sight on mine looked like:
What you are describing is a standard ramp sight.
That is what I meant. They seem common on turn of the century bolt guns constructed for the military.
They were pretty common on all long range guns even prior to the invention of the bolt action.
Yes, I am aware of late 1800ās long range shooting competitions.
When you only shoot one load it isnāt hard to calibrate a long range iron sight. They were pretty common on the single shot buffalo guns.