I've posted these before, but it occurs to me that many of you have probably still not seen them, and they could possibly VASTLY improve your aim with assault rifles if you have been mistaken about how to line up headshots. The images are an exceptionally easy tool to make so I'm surprised I havent seen similar images circulated here. They probably belong somewhere in the wiki.
the first-shot iron sight "sweet spots," if u will, are as follows:
[thanks sarge for the tips, im such a noob with photoshop]
I made them by transposing a zoomed and unzoomed image, then drew lines through the unzoomed crosshairs. You will notice that in neros image, the sweet spot is drawn a few pixels higher for the AK. The AK has a lot of muzzle climb so in practice its often better to shoot low because the next five bullets will always land a few pixels higher than the first one. This is less true for the M16 and you see this fact reflected in neros picture.
You also notice how both rifles require that you aim slightly to the right, more so on the M16.
With recoil what it is, I suggest referring to neros images for vertical alignment and my images for horizontal alignment.
Good luck and have fun!
Anyway, he made those images from memory so they arent the most precise images I could possibly post.Nero wrote:
Sight Screenshots for M16 and AK:
the first-shot iron sight "sweet spots," if u will, are as follows:
[thanks sarge for the tips, im such a noob with photoshop]
I made them by transposing a zoomed and unzoomed image, then drew lines through the unzoomed crosshairs. You will notice that in neros image, the sweet spot is drawn a few pixels higher for the AK. The AK has a lot of muzzle climb so in practice its often better to shoot low because the next five bullets will always land a few pixels higher than the first one. This is less true for the M16 and you see this fact reflected in neros picture.
You also notice how both rifles require that you aim slightly to the right, more so on the M16.
With recoil what it is, I suggest referring to neros images for vertical alignment and my images for horizontal alignment.
Good luck and have fun!
Last edited by Marinejuana (2007-06-03 21:09:33)