Post by 2 Dogs on Oct 22, 2019 9:20:48 GMT -5
It would seem that a good number of Single Action owners have at least one sixgun that has the rear sight adjusted all the way to one side when that sixgun is zeroed. While I have taken lots of barrels off sixguns and noted the barrel shoulder was only making contact with the receiver on one side I recognize that is only one reason your sixgun might be hitting to one side or the other. The face of the receiver could be off or the barrel threads might not be straight are just a couple of examples. The real question is how to fix it??
To my mind, the easiest fix is to cut the front sight off at the ramp and cut a dovetail front in its place. Some Sixgun-smiths will cut that dovetail for as little as 75 bucks! The replacement dovetail sight can be set to the left or right in the front ramp so that the rear can be adjusted to the center of the notch and you can sleep again at night. A dovetail installation allows for other benefits as well. You can change the profile of the front replacement front blade to any shape you prefer, you can have the replacement front blade cut to any thickness you prefer, plus it can be serrated and cut to custom height so your rear sight for example is not all the way up or whatever. Last, your sixgun barrel is already in the milling machine. This means the rather blocky Ruger front ramp can easily be scalloped and streamlined for that "custom" look. Other advantages are no heat are put on the sixgun, no messy silver solder clean up, plus all the other barrel maladies like removing the barrel warning and recutting the crown and or forcing cone are easily addressed at this time. In short, a quick and easy facelift for that sixgun that could use a little cosmetic help. A front sight you can see better.
I am getting requests from a number of .454 Ruger owners for a replacement front blade since the factory pinned in unit thinks it can fly. Here is the thing, if the factory or replacement blade does not have the male portion of the front blade far enough down in the mortise of the base then there is not very much material between the front blade pin hole and the bottom of the front blade replacement sight. On a hard kicking gun that thin piece of steel is liable to just break. The best you can hope for is that it breaks while you are shooting at a steel plate or a rock and not at the Elk of a lifetime or worse a Bear. Again, the above described replacement dovetail front sight is a remedy short of replacing the entire front sight sight. Last, remember you can pin your dovetail front in place or put a screw in it to lock it in place.
Dovetails are not just for your Vaquero style rear sight sixgun. I am building a batch as I type this. PM me your contact information for pictures.
To my mind, the easiest fix is to cut the front sight off at the ramp and cut a dovetail front in its place. Some Sixgun-smiths will cut that dovetail for as little as 75 bucks! The replacement dovetail sight can be set to the left or right in the front ramp so that the rear can be adjusted to the center of the notch and you can sleep again at night. A dovetail installation allows for other benefits as well. You can change the profile of the front replacement front blade to any shape you prefer, you can have the replacement front blade cut to any thickness you prefer, plus it can be serrated and cut to custom height so your rear sight for example is not all the way up or whatever. Last, your sixgun barrel is already in the milling machine. This means the rather blocky Ruger front ramp can easily be scalloped and streamlined for that "custom" look. Other advantages are no heat are put on the sixgun, no messy silver solder clean up, plus all the other barrel maladies like removing the barrel warning and recutting the crown and or forcing cone are easily addressed at this time. In short, a quick and easy facelift for that sixgun that could use a little cosmetic help. A front sight you can see better.
I am getting requests from a number of .454 Ruger owners for a replacement front blade since the factory pinned in unit thinks it can fly. Here is the thing, if the factory or replacement blade does not have the male portion of the front blade far enough down in the mortise of the base then there is not very much material between the front blade pin hole and the bottom of the front blade replacement sight. On a hard kicking gun that thin piece of steel is liable to just break. The best you can hope for is that it breaks while you are shooting at a steel plate or a rock and not at the Elk of a lifetime or worse a Bear. Again, the above described replacement dovetail front sight is a remedy short of replacing the entire front sight sight. Last, remember you can pin your dovetail front in place or put a screw in it to lock it in place.
Dovetails are not just for your Vaquero style rear sight sixgun. I am building a batch as I type this. PM me your contact information for pictures.
