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Post by bigbores on Jul 19, 2013 13:31:15 GMT -5
Here's the front site on my 500Max with a 7 1/4" banded barrel. giving it the same weight, length and fill as a stock 7 1/2" Ruger bisley chambered in 45Colt.
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shorty500
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Post by shorty500 on Jul 19, 2013 13:31:41 GMT -5
use alot of wiegands on double actions and am working on e few prototype fronts now. heres way i chose to do a recent ruger of mine
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cmh
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Post by cmh on Jul 19, 2013 14:41:24 GMT -5
All I know is I can find nothing I like in stock ruger front sights.............. the barrel band front sights like you scream custom to me and I can understand a 44sp doesnt exactly cry out for the extra weight or support Guess ill keep watching this thread until I find one I like then its off to the drawing board then the garage/shop I do like the looks of the 2Dogs front sight real well............ does he only make em for single-sixes and BFR's?
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Post by CraigC on Jul 19, 2013 15:38:57 GMT -5
I agree that front sight choice is one of the most important aspects of a custom revolver but particularly a single action. I think Clements front sight looks really good: But nothing looks as good as Stroh's (please disregard stack of napkins in this old pic):
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steve
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Post by steve on Jul 19, 2013 16:12:28 GMT -5
I think you could have just about any sight fitted to a banded barrel, It just a matter of cutting the "step" for the band. Here's a Clements .500 Linebaugh conversion with a banded barrel. A Huntington sight on a Redhawk
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shorty500
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Post by shorty500 on Jul 19, 2013 16:34:37 GMT -5
custom offset front for Ruger montado, i call the customer "LEFTY' Wiegand on Quasi Alaskan
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Post by Fowler on Jul 19, 2013 17:15:09 GMT -5
Here is a quasi #5 front sight, it not adjustible like the front sight on the real #5, but then the rear is adjustible so its a wash. This is before the gun was finished... and after Or with a conventional base and a 5 1/2" barrel (seems to look right on a 5 1/2" barrel in my opinion) a #5 shaped ramp gives a great sight picture as well. This one was a long ways from being finished, the base still needed to be trimmed and sculpted but you get the idea.
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cmh
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Post by cmh on Jul 19, 2013 17:37:16 GMT -5
That bottom sight is real good looking............. and not even done yet
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Post by arokcrwlr on Jul 19, 2013 22:45:39 GMT -5
A couple of Bowen's...
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Post by newrugersafan on Jul 19, 2013 23:36:29 GMT -5
Here is a TLA type sight by Alan Harton. Mike
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shadow
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Post by shadow on Jul 20, 2013 17:17:19 GMT -5
In my opinion, Jim Stroh's (Alpha Precision Inc.) front site is beautifully designed and machined ! I also like Bowen's barrel band site. Both represented in this thread.
Shadow
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Post by AxeHandle on Jul 20, 2013 19:58:15 GMT -5
Real adjustable front on a #5? Something like this?
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Post by AxeHandle on Jul 20, 2013 19:59:58 GMT -5
How about a front sight on a Clements Ultimate #5?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2013 21:44:29 GMT -5
Clements #5 w/dual gold bars.
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