How late 15th to mid 16th century guns were aimed, in historic illustrations

Pukka Bundook · 4th December 2008, 03:20 PM

Jim,

Wonderful contribution!

It appears we all have roughly the same amount of arms, legs, brains, etc, yet it amazes me what some can 'see' and other's don't!
Your contribution has helped immensly to round out this discussion, and filled in many blanks.

Fernando,

I understand perfectly what you mean abot the developement of aiming and firing.
This is a very interesting subject, and I will try and look out some information I have somewhere on accuracy.

Michael,

Thanks for putting me right on the early tube sights having a 'V' hidden underneath. I thought they were a type of 'peep' sight.
What I was getting mixed up with, was the slightly later 16th century cheek-stocked target shooting matchlocks, which did have a tunnel sight of sorts, but with pin-hole replaceable apertures, just like modern peep sights.
I believe the apertures were oftn made of horn or bone, and could be slotted in with the aperture hole in a differnt location to correspond to different ranges.

Best wishes,

R.

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4th December 2008, 03:20 PM	#23
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	Jim, Wonderful contribution! It appears we all have roughly the same amount of arms, legs, brains, etc, yet it amazes me what some can 'see' and other's don't! Your contribution has helped immensly to round out this discussion, and filled in many blanks. Fernando, I understand perfectly what you mean abot the developement of aiming and firing. This is a very interesting subject, and I will try and look out some information I have somewhere on accuracy. Michael, Thanks for putting me right on the early tube sights having a 'V' hidden underneath. I thought they were a type of 'peep' sight. What I was getting mixed up with, was the slightly later 16th century cheek-stocked target shooting matchlocks, which did have a tunnel sight of sorts, but with pin-hole replaceable apertures, just like modern peep sights. I believe the apertures were oftn made of horn or bone, and could be slotted in with the aperture hole in a differnt location to correspond to different ranges. Best wishes, R.