Author Topic: B26 Pilots Gunsight  (Read 320 times)

Offline NikonGuy

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B26 Pilots Gunsight
« on: May 19, 2014, 05:23:17 AM »
Has anyone else noticed the pilots gunsight in the new B26 is wayyyyyyy out ??

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Offline bustr

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Re: B26 Pilots Gunsight
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2014, 06:44:16 PM »
Just hardstand tested it offline. It zeros about 400, LoS is down angled. 1000yards is doable. It's a iron ring sight. Not a optical collimator gunsight. Which B-26 were mounted with like the A-20G strafe series.
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Offline NikonGuy

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Re: B26 Pilots Gunsight
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2014, 08:02:05 PM »
Yeh I found out the first time I lined up on another set of bombers .. my rounds were going way over the top .. and he blew me out of the sky lol ..

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