Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Greylocks
Sorry, but ghost rings are not new. Years ago, many shooters used to remove the aperture insert in their peep-sights to provide the same effect (which works quite well for airsoft).
|
Definately, true enough, light works in funny ways sometimes. You'll even see people with nearly blacked-out lenses on one side of their glasses, all in the name of better sighting.
But the inventor of these particular sights believes they are kind of new. He's got some research to support his claim, but the old adage 'believe none of what you hear, and half what you see', comes into play. But the reading sort of makes sense. The only part I'd disagree with is that night isn't solid black
We've all probably been places where it sure seemed like it.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by PTE. Pyle
im just currious but what is the major differance between sights. I know how they work and how to aim with them but what is the differance aside from shape.
|
Wiki describes a lot of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_sight But there's always another type! Don't ask me the difference between a U notch and a Buckhorn, etc.
I only took basic physics, so what I understand is second-hand. Diopters, though, work because of how the eye works. Since there's a little hole you look through, the middle has the most light coming through and thus it's the brightest. Then the brain automatically centers the front sight blade tip in the middle, by instinct. But they're not fast. Kalashnikov sights can be faster to aim than an AR15, but not as accurate, and that's the general rule I understand from all iron sights (perhaps all sights in general) - the more accurate, the slower to acquire the target.