Question on risers

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silentfury214
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Question on risers

Post by silentfury214 »

Hello everybody,
I just got back from the 2010 Gary Anderson Invitational, and i had a couple questions on using sight risers.
1. Are they legal?
2. Where can i get them?
Thanks!
Soupy44
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Post by Soupy44 »

In smallbore, you can have as many as you want. In air, you can rise the center of your front aperture up to 60mm above the center of the bore. With an Anschutz front sight, that's roughly 28mm worth of riser blocks.
silentfury214
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Post by silentfury214 »

I forgot to mention that i am in sporter class.
Soupy44
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Post by Soupy44 »

Oop, I was talking precision.

With my limited understanding of sporter rules, I believe the answer is that you cannot use them, but someone more familiar to sporter should confirm this.

Sorry for the confusion.
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Post by jhmartin »

Soupy's correct ... risers are not legal in sporter air
silentfury214
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Post by silentfury214 »

Thanks! I was just wondering because i saw a couple of sporters using them.
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Post by jhmartin »

Question: Was it on an Edge? If so, the front sight is on a "riser" because the barrel is mounted so low .... at one time they were above the allowed 60mm for precision, but I've heard it's now OK

In this case (on the Edge) it is allowed as that is how the rifle is manufactured
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Post by silentfury214 »

It was on an Air Arms T200.
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