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Ron Wood · 10-02-2008, 10:07 PM

Bill,
You basically have the concept. The camming of the rear sight to the left is intended to compensate for the drift of the bullet at long ranges due to the right hand spiral imparted by the rifling. It does not happen before the bullet has left the barrel but is, as you suspect, designed to overcome the tendency for the flight of the bullet to drift during flight.

10-02-2008, 10:07 PM	#2
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,120 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	Bill, You basically have the concept. The camming of the rear sight to the left is intended to compensate for the drift of the bullet at long ranges due to the right hand spiral imparted by the rifling. It does not happen before the bullet has left the barrel but is, as you suspect, designed to overcome the tendency for the flight of the bullet to drift during flight. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction