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Post by Odin on Apr 7, 2014 19:23:35 GMT -5
In looking for a patridge front sight for my Colt Python I came across the Kensight Elliason rear sight. I'm thinking it might be a nice replacement for the current rear sight on my gun.  Does anyone here have any experience with this particular sight? Is it rugged enough for field use? Kensight says it's the same design that shipped with the original Gold Cup, but should be a drop-in fit for the Python too. |
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Post by AxeHandle on Apr 7, 2014 19:57:31 GMT -5
While most were delivered with the Accro I believe the Ellison rear sight was an option on the Python. We used the Kensight on our 45 autos built for service pistol. Best I remember it was the equal of the great Bomar rear sight. The draw to the Kensight for our 1911s was that the elevation screw was contained in the body of the sight while the Bomar required that the slide be drilled and tapped.
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Post by Odin on Apr 7, 2014 20:42:56 GMT -5
Thanks, Axe. That's just the kind of info I was looking for.
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Apr 9, 2014 6:30:37 GMT -5
I put an Elliason rear sight on an 8" Python years ago. They were far superior to the Accro.
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Post by Odin on Apr 9, 2014 23:29:37 GMT -5
I put an Elliason rear sight on an 8" Python years ago. They were far superior to the Accro. Thanks, Ken. It's always good to hear from the voice of experience. My thoughts (inexperienced-filled as they are) is that the Elliason would provide a far cleaner sight picture than the Accro that currently rides on my gun. In much the same way the Bowen Rough Country, with it's clean design, bests the stock Ruger Blackhawk rear sight. |
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Post by bradshaw on Apr 10, 2014 7:08:13 GMT -5
The Elliason was an option on the Python long as I remember. May have been standard at one time. Colt National Match 1911's made prior to Gold Cup stamping. one's I've seen, have the Elliason. Heard years ago that the Elliason predates the Bo-Mar. Either way, adjustment notches are on the circumference of the screw, which precludes risk of uneven detents on the bottom of the screw head. Elliasons I have measured with dial indicator average a tiny fraction over .002-inch per click. Consistency doesn't quite equal that of the Bo-Mar, which clicks average a tiny fraction under .002-inch. In high school, the pin holding the Elliason to a friend's Colt Woodsman Match Target sheared while he was shooting. We replaced it with a length of drill, which held fine.
The classic post-war S&W sight screw has a spring loaded detent in the screw head. As long as the S&W sight is properly assembled----without bind or looseness----it is an very reliable sight. Main drawback is small elevation adjustment. I always want three full threads of elevation screw in the base. My admiration for the S&W sight does not extend to mounting it on a non-S&W revolver or an automatic.
Early attempts to minic the Bo-Mar produced sights of less consistent adjustment. Now we see clones with the Bo-Mar screw arrangement. Hopefully the equal, for those who run their sights up and down, and side-to-side against a wind, need repeatable adjust as well as strength.
The top of edges of the sight body and blade occur on the same plane of the Accro sight, which confuses the eye in strong light, and in any case projects too many surfaces to dazzle the sighting eye.
Providing the Kensight performs as well as its photo looks, it should make an excellent addition to a good pistol.
David Bradshaw
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