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Post by Encore64 on Apr 20, 2022 18:25:50 GMT -5
Reloaders do the same load over and over and over...Handloaders experiment. EXACTLY!!!
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Post by bobwright on Feb 19, 2023 22:39:06 GMT -5
All my sights are fixed because, well, that's the way it was in 1873.🤠 So were coal oil lamps, outhouses, and muddy roads filled with horse manure. Water drawn from a well, and meals cooked on a wood burning cookstove. And if that stove had water tanks on each side, you had hot water. And your buggy had four hoof drive. Bob Wright
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Post by sixshot on Feb 20, 2023 1:11:29 GMT -5
And I still remember, that old outhouse was a long ways away in the winter!
Dick
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Post by jgt on Feb 20, 2023 6:24:58 GMT -5
and not far enough in the summer.
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Post by StanleyWhite on Feb 20, 2023 20:11:30 GMT -5
Elmer Keith’s “The Last Word” had adjustable sights.
Who am I to doubt his wisdom?
-Stan
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Post by AxeHandle on Feb 20, 2023 20:27:56 GMT -5
Keith elaborated extensively on the subject in chapter IV of Sixguns. Leaves little doubt in my old head. If I need to hit what I'm shooting at I need adjustable sights.
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Post by rjm52 on Feb 21, 2023 7:08:23 GMT -5
I'll say yes and no because there are "fixed sights" and then there are "fixed sights" and there are "adjustable sights" and "sights that can be adjusted"...
Fixed sights...On guns like a S&W Model 58 that has a good clear wide rear notch and are really made to be used at shorter ranges then no, IF the gun shoots to the sights. I've had 10 58s over the years...8 shot to the sights with the nominal 210 grain loads and two did not...one was very low and the other printed left. But the sights are seeable... In guns like most SAAs, it makes life very difficult and one will never get all the potential out of the gun. Most of the SA fixed sight guns I have owned or shot were close to on the money but way too many were not. Had a Ruger stainless Birdhead .45 ACP that at 10 yards was 4" low and 4" left with 230 ball ammo. The Uberti Cattleman that was reconfigured from .357 to .41 Special was nowhere close to POI/POA...neither was the matching .22. Both now have dovetailed in front sight blades that a) can be adjusted and b) have a much clearer sight picture. A 60s vintage Ruger Bearcat shoots right on the money as did two 4.75" .45 Colts...a USFA and Colt...
Adjustable sights...there are the instant gratification screw adjustable like BoMar, Micro, S&W, etc. and then there are manually (hammer) adjustable like the dovetail rear sight of a 1911 that can be moved for windage or replaced for elevation. At least these can be regulated to one's favorite load without using a file or having to bend or clock the barrel.
So for me it "just depends" on the gun and the use...Bob
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