How Much Does Lighting Affect Where Your Rounds Hit? Let's Find Out From 100 out to 400 Yards!

[@ReidHenrichs]

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[@ManInTheWoods76]

I've been an instructor since 2009. I was today years old when i learned this info. Reid is the Goat. We don't have Jeff Cooper anymore. We'll soon lose Paul Harrell🥺. Therefore, protect Reid.

[@petesheppard1709]

I'm glad to see sight smudging hasn't been forgotten. 😎

[@hphillips7425]

Interesting 👍🏻

[@gator7082]

Digging the old school stuff, it works rain or shine.

[@rockymountaintmp4436]

I’ve been watching your videos for 5 years now. I use to live In Kentucky & if I had known how close valor ridge was to my farm, I would’ve definitely enrolled in a class. God bless ✝️🇺🇸

[@jb7483]

Same here, and I live in TN lol. ✡️ 🇺🇸

[@cjtexas9646]

I love that rifle.. Basic, old school and practical.

[@hbarwickjr]

Thanks Reid. This is something I never considered; now I do. 👍🏻

[@rickrobinson8417]

I've never heard anybody go over this before. Good stuff, thanks.

[@5.56_Media]

I read the title as Lightening affect your rounds.. haha

[@loxety]

Yes, its a well known fact that the bullet is attracted to light!

[@5.56_Media]

@@loxety 😄

[@jamesvatter5729]

Better that "read" than mine. I was seeing Reid out in the middle of an open field during an electrical storm! 😂

[@TUKByV1]

I absorb the lightning. It increases all my stats by 500% for 2d12 minutes.

[@jonathanhouser8194]

Me too

[@johnwurfel2862]

Glare on the sight post makes a difference. Sgt. York was right.

[@JulietBravo90]

never considered something like this, great thing to know!

[@bobberguy6584]

Excellent video Reid! I received my copy of The American Rifleman 2 days ago and I have to say, it’s a well executed learning experience and I will be referencing the book through my journey! Thanks for being a great teacher/ trainer! I hope to see you out on the ridge in the near future!

[@Hey_Blondie]

Love all the content you've been putting out the last couple weeks. Take care.

[@KikiRevenge]

Very helpful. Thanks Reid!

[@TripleAAA53]

Excellent tutorial Reid. Thank you Semper Fidelis

[@joelatkinson2080]

God bless you Reid for all you do!!!

[@rickflubadubdub4298]

Wow, Reid's knowledge is amazing. I had no idea about this before.

[@James225]

I paint all my front sight posts with matte black nail polish or rattle can. Completely mitigates the shine.

[@ddprepper5227]

Excellent report 👍👍👍👍👍

[@chuckmassey5597]

Thanks Reid Very good video!!!

[@dennishines9996]

Thanks Reid!

[@MrToad-actual]

Thank you, Reid.

[@johnh.2340]

"Light's up, sights up. Lights down, sights down." Carbide lamp, sight black spray, or lighter on the front and rear iron sights. What's old is new again. Thank you for this video. Cheers.

[@fattigla]

Great info! We always get a demonstration or examples of actual shooting! Thanks!

[@mtgAzim]

Hey Reid, do you have any comments or insights on the topic of carry handle optics mounts? I've never had an electronic sight, but I see people that use risers for their scopes and dots and always wondered why they don't just use a carry handle? It can act as your riser, and you have a nice set of irons as a backup, as well the the utility of the carry handle. And I'd assume there are even some mounts that might allow you to still use the irons even with an optic. Or are there deficiencies or drawbacks of the slant mounts? It's an interesting topic, to me at least, so if anyone else has anything to share on it, please feel free to jump in. Hope you're all doing well and staying safe!

[@Jazzman-bj9fq]

Good stuff, Reid!!

[@ieronmandan5]

Yah I was shooting my aluminum flip up sights in lower lighting and I tried hitting a 12 buy 20 target at about 300, to 450 yds,and it can be herd to see,

[@gldude14-lt4qc]

I thought I was the only one. Thanks for the video, always great info.

[@therulesaredifferent8280]

Interesting. Thanks Reid.

[@ssearl3231]

You are the man Ried

[@klakin]

Love the book

[@regularguy192]

Semper Fi bro!. Keep up the outstanding content!

[@willieluv]

My question is when it’s raining dots did not help much will iron sights be better from stuck at work waiting for rain range day

[@ArmsnAcres]

Check out Blitzkrieg front sight posts. I have one that comes to a fine point rather than flat. Downside is, depending if you get a night sight you only have 180° or 360° adjustments. Mine happened to zero perfectly.

[@jschwenz8153]

Solid info right here.

[@eddiexoc8430]

Great information.

[@thomasmoorman5328]

Good content. Wish I still had my A2 Bushmaster.

[@yupyup4209]

Would "lights up, sights up" only pertain if you zeroed on a cloudy day? Because wouldnt it be the oppositte way if you zeroed on a sunny day?

[@dogma7911]

Ideally you'd want to zero under optimal conditions and adjust for wind, rain, elevation, temperature, etc.

[@crbaldree001]

What about lateral shifts, based on lighting from the sides, i.e. sun on your right and any change in perception of where the front sight appears

[@constantgardener4517]

Nice pull Reid! Really! Very good info. Not Spetnaz/Delta/SEAL cool stuff but realistic for the Continentally minded who still believe. Truthfully….. very good education.

[@BlueCollarEats]

Love the content Reid!

[@gregv123]

Great info what twist rate

[@avdmustang]

My front sight post is black, so how does the lighter trick have any effect? Is it making it more of a psuedo matte finish?

[@gator7082]

Yes, keeps the sun from shining off the tip.

[@hk45c62]

Reid,what are your thoughts on a fiber optic replacement post vs the factory iron post.

[@Mongoose-be4sg]

Thanks for the info Reid and the tip about blacking your front site with a lighter-the Army did not mention that during my 6 weeks at Ft. Knox. Could you do a video about how shooting up and down hill affects point of aim and point of impact? I recall officers in the Civil War would tell their men to aim at the enemy’s belt buckles, but I do not remember if that’s for shooting up hill or down. Thanks!!

[@3421958]

I'm not Reid but I have an answer for you. When shooting up or down hill your shot will impact high. The steeper the angle the greater the affect obviously. Most range finders have a function that will account for this, or you can attach an angle cosign indicator to your rifle. As far as the belt buckle aiming... that was a simple way of training inexperienced troops so they didn't have to account for the bullets trajectory in the heat of battle. So for instance they might zero the rifle at 300 yards. Then an enemy pops up at 150 your shot might hit 18 inches high. But it's fine because if you're aiming at the belt buckle your still going to hit them somewhere in the torso.

[@Mongoose-be4sg]

@@3421958 Thanks so very much-I appreciate all the info!!

[@KurtOnoIR]

I'm not sure if I ever heard this discussed before. Ive shot like a gazillion rounds and never noticed this. Very interesting.

[@brianunderwood7437]

Take a little orange paint and paint the top of your front sight.

[@9877joseph]

Thank you brother

[@collinmckamy8076]

Always great info

[@theboatman6]

"What happens is..." I see Paul-isms have made it into your lexicon. Doing great things, sir. :)

[@nigelduncan-adam5988]

Old miner's carbide lamp will kill any glare on sights.

[@CplSkiUSMC]

My eyes are a bit old for iron sights. I can still shoot irons, but not like back in the day. I was a 4th award expert in the Corps and even had an offer to qualify for the rifle team which I never got to try because I was in a short MOS. I doubt I could detect the difference in lighting conditions because my focus on the front sight just is not that good these days. Thank God for optics. Semper Fi

[@elhuero69]

At how many yard is your rifle zeroed?

[@ulflyng]

Very good info, thx

[@terrarecon]

01:50 ah yes, this is where we needed sight black for that front tip sight.

[@richardvila3]

True

[@arturojrosis8906]

Woww is that 16inches length of barrel?

[@Haris122]

Reid, would you suggest putting a lighter to rear sight leaf (for an AK in this case) too, or just the front sight?

[@Edw1nSayz]

Thank you brother. The old forgotten Mickey's.

[@TexasSurplusPro]

A lot. I once had to shoot a “low light,” qualification, which turned into a no light qualification. I was one of two who passed the first go. I used the occasional flash from my muzzle device. It was just enough to get an idea that my rounds were on target, as I could at least see the end of my rifle.😂🤣

[@M_Swoles]

air pressure difference?

[@mma709]

I am in Tucson Arizona we have 186 days of bright sunshine. Should I keep my dot on the brights setting

[@denisdegamon8224]

Reduce the dot brightness until the fuzziness clears up on the red dot. Too bright a setting adds that haze around the red dot, which in turn adds to that aiming error factor Reid was talking about.

[@mma709]

@@denisdegamon8224 ok because sometimes I can’t pick up the dot because on how bright it is here in Southern Arizona

[@nickflanderson2658]

What light mount is that? I want it for my "M16" build

[@hairydogstail]

According to some village idiots, they can see through their peep sights in the dark as well as a lighted optic dot sight..

[@5jjt]

Reid, do you use irons only? Also, I am going to comment that there's black light absorbing paint before you speak what the fix is.

[@bds123087]

I’ve never heard this one before, very interesting. What is your preferred zero?

[@OneAsteriskRunning]

Totally read “lightning”😂

[@jb7483]

It's electric...

[@timothydahlin5321]

Clouds reduce the pull of gravity.😅

[@scottanddebranelson8419]

that's what the ole smudge pot was for

[@dawsonschmidt3714]

If the thunder don't get you then the lighting will!

[@nigelduncan-adam5988]

Lights up = Calcium Carbide smoke on the foresight = no glare at all

[@dogma7911]

Why are you shooting in a coal mine?

[@jwilsonhandmadeknives2760]

carbide smokers were a pre-requisite for match shooting until very recently. sight black is a thing. now it comes in a spray can.

[@dogma7911]

@@jwilsonhandmadeknives2760 Didn't know that. Thank you.

[@julispiri]

AK forever

[@jdglock9114]

Plz confirm. This rifle does NOT have a free floated barrel? Accuracy is A-Mazing! 😄

[@buckshot4428]

I was taught by my grandpa to always aim low in low light because you have a hard time seeing that front sight and you will overshoot yourl target.

[@pklutz9707]

Reid...ye Ole` Smudge Pot!!

[@RosaParksWasWyt]

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[@Mother-Company]

👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🏻

[@justnana2256]

❤️👍🇺🇲 FJB ET AL

[@MAVILA187]

Where's your battle flag? I was happy to see it in the 1st video I watched and was hoping to see it again. Any one that has an ounce of intelligence knows it doesn't mean what ignorant people think it means.

[@rafenatho5406]

Colt..........never been a fan of their AR/M4's

[@RosaParksWasWyt]

They’re great. I have 3. Superb

[@jamesfloyd6803]

I like to see General Robert E. Lee’s headquarters flag on your wall.

[@DuhYaThink]

Picked up a new mini 14 a few years back, and tried a handful of loads. M193 and 55 grain gold dots same zero. Try different ammo.👍🏻🫡

[@Mrgunsngear]

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