Winchester Repeating Arms 1885 Creedmoor - Manual (Page 7)

left-hand thread. Therefore, clockwise turns move
the sight body to the left. Counterclockwise turns
move the sight body to the right. Move the rear sight
body in the same direction you want the point of
bullet impact to move.
The windage knob features large and small index
marks on the right side. Rotating the assembly from
one large mark to the next results in 1 ⁄
2
minute of
angle of adjustment. Moving from a large mark to the
nearest small index provides 1 ⁄
4
minute of angle of
adjustment. One entire revolution of the windage
knob equals 2 1 ⁄
2
minutes of angle.
REAR S IGHT E LEVATION
( VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT ) —
Elevation adjustments are made by turning the
elevation knob on the rear sight.
IMPORTANT: BEFORE MAKING ANY VERTICAL
ADJUSTMENT OF THE ELEVATOR, BE SURE TO
LOOSEN THE SIGHT DISK A HALF-TURN. FAILURE
TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE SIGHT.
The rear sight ladder, or staff, is indexed in
increments of 5 minutes of angle. The elevator is
indexed in increments of 1 minute of angle. In
Figure 6, the sight is set for 25 minutes of angle.
Note how the smaller index marks on the elevator
do not align themselves with any index mark on the
staff at this point.
6 6
FIGURE 6
25 Minutes of Angle Indicated