Open sights-sight picture

[H.Plummer]

Question for those of you shooting the sporting rimfire open sights class, or anyone who shoots open sights.
What sight picture are you using? Are you burying the bead in the rear notch or letting it hover above the notch, kinda like a partial peep sight?
With my semi-buckhorn rear sight I seem to have a better view of the target if I hover the bead in the notch but I'm not sure it's as repeatable as burying the bead at the bottom of the notch.

[375Short]

With a bead I center the bead in the rear sight and zero the rifle so the bead is centered on the target(s). It’s not my favorite open sight option for shooting targets. I prefer a square rear sight notch and a square front post zeroed to hold on the belly of the pig and ram then the top of the leg for Turkey and chicken. Basically a six o’clock hold as if shooting bullseye targets. Open sights have a vast set of preferences among shooters.

[chickenhater]

I center the front sight in the notch with the top of the post even with the top of the mid sight. Then i zero for a 6oclock hold. If im not going to adjust the sights i set up on the chickens base, pigs belly, turkey center hold and rams i cover, even with the rams horns. Not perfect but it works reasonably well.

[H.Plummer]

Thanks for the replies. I'll be giving it a whirl tomorrow at our first club match of the season with a Marlin 39A and a Browning 53. I'm not quite all dialed in with my Winchester 94 30-30 to shoot the high power class yet.

[375Short]

Another point is where do you focus? The target, the front sight, the rear sight or dart your attention around through them all?
With an open sight, look through the rear, focus on the front, leaving the target and rear sight out of focus. This is hard, we naturally want to look at what we are shooting at. Although focusing on the target can also be successful. Committing to one or the other will likely net you more success than the combination platter.

[H.Plummer]

Thanks for that tip, 375Short. I've been working through that very thing of late and can see where focusing on my front bead is the best option. With my aging eyes, the target is never crystal clear anyway, but that doesn't seem to stop my brain from trying to make it so. I have to make a concerted effort to keep my bead in focus.
Lonnie