Shooting High

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by saxman:
<strong>Forgive me if I'm rehashing something that's already settled, but I have seen much discussion on the tendency to shoot the Luger high, and it occurred to me why that is. It's the rear sight, or what passes for one. With the sights properly aligned, you can hardly see the tip of the front sight through that channel. Every time I point mine, I seem to automatically set the front sight higher, presumably to see it. Obviously, one can control this and sight properly, but I imagine in a combat situation a soldier with not much training on the pistol would do the same thing. I would never countenance altering the rear sight but just content myself with aiming carefully, since I'm never going to be in combat with a Luger.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Hi Saxman:

All of my Lugers shoot about 4 inches high at 25 yards. Yes, this is a little bit of an annoyance, but they were sighted in for twice that distance.

Regarding combat shooting, a soldier rarely gets to sight a pistol in combat, but rather, relies on instinct shooting. At this, the Luger is a real champ, as it has some of the very best natural aiming characteristics.

The Germans did improve the sights on their P-38 to allow for more light to be seen on both sides of the front blade. Unfortunately, the P-38s I have owned have never approached the accuracy of the Luger.

Bob