HELP ME decide on a good aperture or optic for my .357 rifle
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:36 am
I have a really fun TALO .357 Magnum Handi Rifle and it's been one of the "most fun and enjoyable" rifles I've ever owned. I have a pet cast lead 140-gr LSWC reload that is barely subsonic and hits with a whallup at 50-75 yards with iron sights, yet the cost is barely above shooting .22 LR rimfire. Talk about FUN!!! A nickle a shot!!!!
But I want your opinions on whether a Williams or Marble or Skinner aperture sight on the rear would bring this rifle toward actually being capable of hunting with this rifle out to 100-yards using 158- or 180-grain JSPs at 1788-1800 fps.
Or with that bullet and a good hot load would you recommend some sort of optic?
I can drive 140-gr cast LSWCs at 1050 fps for small game, or jump to heavy jacketed soft-points doing around 1800-2000 fps for whitetail deer.
What would you want your eye to look thru?
But I want your opinions on whether a Williams or Marble or Skinner aperture sight on the rear would bring this rifle toward actually being capable of hunting with this rifle out to 100-yards using 158- or 180-grain JSPs at 1788-1800 fps.
Or with that bullet and a good hot load would you recommend some sort of optic?
I can drive 140-gr cast LSWCs at 1050 fps for small game, or jump to heavy jacketed soft-points doing around 1800-2000 fps for whitetail deer.
What would you want your eye to look thru?