LET US GO AFIELD 



of aperture sights lies in the fact that they seem to 

 imply a certain range, a certain light, stable condi- 

 tions. Now the actual hunting conditions are not so 

 stable. A mountain sheep is not going to wait long 

 for any theory of yours. If you know the range 

 and if your aperture sight is of exactly the eleva- 

 tion to hit just where your eye looks through the 

 center of your sight, then you get your sheep. It 

 is up to you to care for that. 



Hundreds of heads of big game are killed an- 

 nually with aperture sights. Also hundreds of heads 

 are missed, both with aperture sights and open 

 sights. In your own case, simply use the sights in 

 which you have the most confidence, and use them 

 on a rifle with which instinctively and unconsciously 

 you can shoot pretty much to the right spot quickly 

 and promptly. In other words, let your system for 

 rare game or dangerous game be as nearly fool- 

 proof as possible. It is always at just the wrong 

 time that theorists get balled up. Work out your 

 own theory and put it into practice so regularly that 

 it ceases to be a theory but remains only certainty 

 and confidence on your part a system that works 

 automatically, like the steering wheel on your motor 

 car. 



Most of us use our rifles for nothing more dan- 

 gerous than deer. How should the hunting rifle of 



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