A.F. Stoeger new Lugers?

[Johnny Peppers]

The discussion was about target pistols and those that can shoot them. The Ransom Rest is used to develop loads and to show the absolute accuracy the pistol is capable of. As with the Clark pistols that routinely shoot 1" groups at 50 yards, the accuracy of the pistol has been taken out of the equation and the rest is up to the shooter.

To say that the sight radius has no effect on the ability of the shooter to more accurately align the sights is simply wrong. The Clark Long Slides have a 28% longer sight radius, and with the use of your trig tables it doesn't take much to see how little a deviation in sight alignment between a 7" and a 9" sight radius makes at 50 yards.

Sight radius also comes into play with target rifles using open sights. An olympic style rifle could be made with a 16" barrel of the same weight as a 24" barrel, but the competitor would be handicapped by the very short sight radius. Optimum sight radius most definitely has it's place in competition.