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Post by sixshot on May 1, 2023 1:36:51 GMT -5
Good information, you don't say how wide the front sights are, must be .125". I have "old" eyes so I need mine a little thinner, .100" works best for me.
Dick
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Post by 45MAN on May 1, 2023 6:29:24 GMT -5
Good information, you don't say how wide the front sights are, must be .125". I have "old" eyes so I need mine a little thinner, .100" works best for me. Dick YEP, FOR OLD EYES .100 WORKS BETTER. I MAY ORIGINALLY HAVE GOTTEN THIS INFO FROM SIXSHOT.
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Post by bradshaw on May 1, 2023 8:03:26 GMT -5
Good information, you don't say how wide the front sights are, must be .125". I have "old" eyes so I need mine a little thinner, .100" works best for me. Dick ***** The Iron sights on a handgun are an aspect to which, most times, we adapt. Less often, we configure the front & rear sights to our liking. Like most organs, the eyes live in continuous adjustment. Even so, for fine shooting, especially at distance, we prefer a sight picture which holds clarity with the least strain. In 1981, beginning work with the Ruger SRM .357 Maximum prototypes, which Bill Ruger, Jr., fit with .125” target blade and .125” notch, I requested we also work with a .100” blade and .090” notch. Bill, Jr., followed up immediately, and both .100” and .125” blades were offered when the Maximum reached production. For the Blackhawk Maximum 10-1/2”, my 78 year old eyes still prefer the .100” blade----with the .090” notch. Just as each eye of a shooter is unique, the eyes of all shooters are unique and differ from the visual organs of all other shooters. Visual clarity requires fresh oxygen. Other muscles & organs may pretend to work harder; the eye is always flexing its muscle and falls into OXYGEN DEBT faster than any other organ. Thus, if your sight picture fuzzes before hammer fall, draw at least one deep breath before resuming squeeze. Without FIRE DISCIPLINE, oxygen debt in the eye may panic the trigger finger. That narrow .100” blades sure works for me on the 10-1/2” Maximum, yet I don’t want it on all my sixguns. The steering end of a bullet is its base. The muzzle is the steering end of a revolver. The front sight is the sharpest knife in the drawer. when the shooter’s eye chisels the front sight, he target looks fuzzy as a baby chick. The PLANE of the front sight determines elevation. Unless stretching distance beyond ZERO, the plane of the rear continues the plane of front sight----it’s one plane. The rear sight may have a sketchy appearance as the eye chisels the front sight, all the while FRONT & REAR sit the same place. While the front may rise above the rear for elevation, it never dips below the rear. Contrary to sharpshooter Dick Thompson----he thrives on the .100” blade----some older eyes do better with a wider blade, up to .140-inch. The wide blade offers a flat table for sustained elevation hold in long strings of fire. Once the plane of the front sight turns to fuzz, elevation goes out the window. Too much rear sight window allows the front sight to wallow like a pig in a salad bar. The SIGHT PLANE----aim is made on the top of the sights, not the sides----is more precise when the window is not too wide. Marksmanship is a simple-minded process, which admits NO distraction. A strong sight picture enables us to call the shot. David Bradshaw
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Post by mccartycfii on May 1, 2023 21:50:48 GMT -5
Good information, you don't say how wide the front sights are, must be .125". I have "old" eyes so I need mine a little thinner, .100" works best for me. Dick I would have to go back and double check them all. Most of my front sights should be 0.115. I do have Fermin cutting me a narrower front for the Super Wrangler.
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Post by 45MAN on May 2, 2023 5:02:07 GMT -5
DAVID: INTERESTING PROS AND CONS. FOR ME THE NARROWER FS GIVES ME MORE LIGHT AROUND THE FS TO SEE IT CLEARER. IF THE FS IS TOO WIDE FOR THE RS NOTCH, ESPECIALLY IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS, I HAVE TROUBLE WITH MY WINDAGE.
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daveb
.30 Stingray
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Post by daveb on May 27, 2023 20:11:00 GMT -5
I have the same setup on my Bisley 480, coupled with the Hogue grip panels I fit to it, the shootablity is 100% better than factory.
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Post by bigbore5 on May 27, 2023 21:15:14 GMT -5
I like the LPA rear sight on the BFR. It goes right on a Blackhawk with no gunsmithing. Real bargain at @ $40,too. I order them straight from the Magnum Research web site.
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Post by mccartycfii on Jun 15, 2023 12:44:02 GMT -5
Added:
Front widths
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Post by habanero on Jun 15, 2023 14:18:59 GMT -5
I like the LPA rear sight on the BFR. It goes right on a Blackhawk with no gunsmithing. Real bargain at @ $40,too. I order them straight from the Magnum Research web site. Sorry if I’m slow,but Lpa rear sight for bfr works on Blackhawks?
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Post by bigbore5 on Jun 15, 2023 15:16:33 GMT -5
The lpa for a bfr will work on a full size Blackhawk. Don't know about the midframe new model, but it does on the old model 357 frame
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nicholst55
.375 Atomic
Retired, twice.
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Post by nicholst55 on Jun 15, 2023 16:03:01 GMT -5
I believe that BFR rear sights will interchange with the Rugers. I don't have any idea what their availability is, though.
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Post by habanero on Jun 15, 2023 16:03:37 GMT -5
The lpa for a bfr will work on a full size Blackhawk. Don't know about the midframe new model, but it does on the old model 357 frame Didn’t know that,thanks.
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Post by habanero on Jun 16, 2023 7:38:09 GMT -5
Ordering two of those Lpa sights.
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markwell
.30 Stingray
Firearms resale value should be your children's problem
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Post by markwell on Jun 16, 2023 8:36:20 GMT -5
This is just the info I need for our next .32 H&R project! Thanks a bunch!
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Post by seminolewind on Jun 16, 2023 9:33:06 GMT -5
The LPA are great rear sights, just be aware they are much wider than a Bowen target rear or a Ruger Micro rear. Some think they look out of proportion on a Ruger.
LPA .862" Bowen .750" Ruger .735"
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