- 1). Determine which type of rear site your gun has. Notch sites take the form of a "V" or "U"; Whole (or Peep) sites are a round disc with a hole in the middle; and Partridge type open sites have a square cut on the rear site and a square blade on the front site.
- 2). Siting in a gun can be hard on the human eye. It requires lining up the following three things: the rear site with the front site with the target.
- 3). To site in a bolt action gun, cut "V's", or notches, in two ends of a box; place the box on a level surface such as a table or a bench where you can sit.
- 4). Resting the gun in the notches, point the gun at a designated object. Look through the barrel of the gun and line up the iron sites with the object that you see through the barrel.
- 5). Adjust the site to match what you saw through the barrel (which may mean moving the rear site up, down, left or right). Then shoot the rifle and adjust accordingly for any corrections needed.
- 6). When siting in anything with iron sites (such as bolt action, pump, lever action, semi-automatic or single shot) follow these steps:
- 7). Position your distance from the target to be 12 1/2 yards away. Take a shot. If the bullet hits the target too much to the left, move the rear site to right; if the bullet hits the target too much to the right, move the rear site to the left.
- 8). If you hit the target "on the money" at the 12 1/2 yard mark, then you must retest at 100 yards and make adjustments, as needed. Retest at 100 yards for all big bore rifles (center fire guns); However, retest at 50 yards for 22 calibre rifles (rim fire guns). Make adjustments as needed.