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Post by sixshot on Jul 15, 2014 20:55:49 GMT -5
Myself & Callshot were shooting at the range late this afternoon, I was shooting my Bisley 41 maggie with 18 grs of 2400 & a 230 gr Keith slug, Callshot was shooting his awesome Freedom Arms 41 maggie (7 1/2") with 17 grs of 2400 & a 250 gr LBT. Both guns have fiber optic sights on them. We were testing at 50 yds from the Keith, reclining position, not the most steady compared to a bench but a great position in the field. As mentioned a fiber optic isn't the best for real precise shooting but they are great for late afternoon, early morning shooting & thats exactly what we had. Both of us were easily staying on the pie plate from the sitting position but the F.O. sight was really helping out & thats what they are suppose to do. Just as I got back to my chair I looked up & over on top of the berm towards the police range was a fork horn buck watching the 2 of us, true story! The distance was perhaps 120 yds, would be a great shot 3 months from now. If you are going to hunt with iron sights on a sixgun (my favorite) then you have to practice in bad light, maybe in the timber or put your target in the timber or brush, then you'll know what type of sight you need. It won't be the one you use for target shooting.
Dick
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Post by Woodrow F Call on Jul 19, 2014 6:31:51 GMT -5
Thanks for the input. I'm whittling up a patridge for the gun using a file. If it goes well, I'll try it again, but drill holes and file out the center for a FO rod. It's the pinned in front and there aren't a whole lot of options on the major gun parts websites for a taller sight. Of course, the going is slow and I may get frustrated and buy one of Bowen's blanks.
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mrbfr
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Post by mrbfr on Jul 19, 2014 19:32:50 GMT -5
I know they don't really look the best and certainly aren't a classic look for a single action, but it's hard to beat a fiber optic front sight. I like green the best, they work great in the dayight and up until it's almost dark outside. I'm thinking of putting a set on my BFR, the all black sights look okay from a style point of view, just don't show up that well when your backdrop is woods and brush.
An easy and free way of doing it is to take a white crayon and put a white strip down the front sight and fill in the rear sights too if they're all black, that's what I've done on previous Blackhawks, and it looks great.
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Post by schofidel on Jul 24, 2014 12:49:19 GMT -5
Mostly, I think it should be visible so even though they're out of style these days, I would go with the red insert (front) and a white-outline (rear). I've hunted a lot of different light conditions, very often on the same day, and it's hard to beat the versatility of this combination on an iron-sighted belt gun.
If you want to add a few panache points, you could make it a patridge-style front blade like this one at MIDWAY (it's out of stock, though, and has been for some time; I'm just using it here as an example): www.midwayusa.com/product/142973/smith-and-wesson-revolver-pinned-front-sight-black-patridge-with-red-post-insert-243-height?cm_vc=ProductFinding
I should probably say I've always had ramped red insert blades (mostly S&Ws, plus a few Redhawks), but I would like to have the patridge-style setup on my S&W 617 (which explains why I know it's recent history at MIDWAY). Done right, I think it could also "work" (look good) on a single-action.
Usually, the gun can either look or work just right; unfortunately, not both. I also think "works" beats "looks" on any kind of working gun. Anyway, that's how I "see" it.
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jgt
.327 Meteor
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Post by jgt on Jul 24, 2014 13:33:04 GMT -5
I guess I believe there is no sight that fits everyone's needs. When I was younger I liked the white outline rear with the baughman ramp and red insert. When middle aged it was a green ramp insert. When approaching retirement I found the standard rear sight with white line front sight to work best for me. I have some patridge front sights on guns and they work for me but not as well as one with a white line.
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Post by Woodrow F Call on Jul 27, 2014 13:18:37 GMT -5
Well, I whittled one up from some rectangular steel stock I had for other projects..... after I got the shape in the ball park I decided to clean up the sides (I'm doing this with files)... Once I got it cleaned up, it was too thin for use as a front sight. I'm going to need to start with something cleaner to begin with. Maybe some aluminum would be the ticket as it would be easier to file.
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Post by Woodrow F Call on Jul 27, 2014 21:27:22 GMT -5
Well 1/8" steel at ACE actually comes in at .115. Aluminum comes in at .127..... so, I'm making it in aluminum this time. Sure is easier!
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Post by Woodrow F Call on Jul 31, 2014 19:36:39 GMT -5
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