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Winchester 1895 with Lyman 21 sight info needed

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Hello all I have in my collection a nice example of an M-95 Winchester with a lyman type 21 reciever sight on it . My question concerns the sight namely the elevation reference marks on the side, there are 12 of them does any one know what yardages these represent?? any info would be helpful as I plan on an elk hunt with this gun in the near future.
 

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The marks don't indicate yardage. I'm not very familiar with that particular sight but usually the marks indicate so much movement of the POI measured in minutes of angle at whatever yardage you sight in the rifle. They can't indicate yardage as different loads will usually shoot to a different POI and have a different drop. To find out what that movement is pick your most accurate load, sight the rifle in at 100 yards, move the sight one mark up or down and shoot again. How much the POI moves is what each mark equals. Bear in mind that number will equal minutes of angle which is essentially 1 inch at 100 yards, 2 at 200, etc. As the distance increases it will take more "MOA" to achieve a center hit.
 
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