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Post by Burnston on Feb 2, 2020 9:02:44 GMT -5
"I ain't selling nothing. I have nothing to gain here. A thing works when my brain says it shouldn't. I'm trying to figure out why. I thought that was worth discussing. I guess not. " Dramatic participation in your threads suggest otherwise. Very thought provoking, in my opinion. I had a S&W 1917 in .45 Colt that arrived with a front sight ever so slightly bent to the left. I was getting ready to package it and have it sent to John Powers when dad said, "Just see how she shoots first." It produced excellent groupings at 10, 15, and 25 yards, to the point where it lives with the slightly bend front blade. Sometimes things work that simply should not. I find that to be a result of our over-estimation of our own intelligence, as well as a firearm and shooter working together to produce an unlikely result. Great post, as always. Edit: Not sure what went wrong with my quote; did not mean to misrepresent Mr. Bradshaw. Perfect case in point; I dramatically overestimated my own intelligence regarding the finer workings of this forums quote protocol. Sorry, Mr. Bradshaw, and Mike. |
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Post by tinkerpearce on Feb 2, 2020 11:05:43 GMT -5
Dramatic participation in your threads suggest otherwise. Very thought provoking, in my opinion. I had a S&W 1917 in .45 Colt that arrived with a front sight ever so slightly bent to the left. I was getting ready to package it and have it sent to John Powers when dad said, "Just see how she shoots first." It produced excellent groupings at 10, 15, and 25 yards, to the point where it lives with the slightly bend front blade. Sometimes things work that simply should not. I find that to be a result of our over-estimation of our own intelligence, as well as a firearm and shooter working together to produce an unlikely result. Great post, as always. Edit: Not sure what went wrong with my quote; did not mean to misrepresent Mr. Bradshaw. Perfect case in point; I dramatically overestimated my own intelligence regarding the finer workings of this forums quote protocol. Sorry, Mr. Bradshaw, and Mike. Looking back at my response it looks pretty petulant and maybe a bit bitchy. Definitely not productive, and I feel I ought to apologize to Mr.Bradshaw; don't know what was running through my little pea-brain, and Mr. Bradshaw, I'm sorry for that response. The fact of the matter is he was spot-on; if the front sight fills the rear sight any sort of precision is right out the window. That's what makes this particular case so strange; these sights are almost a perfect storm of badness. They should not work. Except they do. About a half dozen people have shot this gun, and they all say the same thing- they're surprised at how easy it is to pick up the sights, and they shoot well-centered groups about the same size as they do with guns with decent sights. I'm just trying to make sense of something that runs counter to everything I know about how sights work. |
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Post by tinkerpearce on Feb 2, 2020 11:20:51 GMT -5
Looking at it carefully against a lit background (the computer screen) there is a bare sliver of light on either side of the front sight at the top, which I had not realized under normal shooting conditions. I'm not in the habit of pointing guns at my screen... Unfortunately I haven't the skill or equipment to get a good photo of the sights in alignment.
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Post by bradshaw on Feb 2, 2020 12:39:50 GMT -5
Tinkerpiece..... strange, I hadn’t noticed any insult or slight. Revolvers are rules unto themselves. It is amazing how a short barrel, imparting the slightest rotation, drives a bullet to seemingly full rpm. Without which spin yon bullets would collect in the landscape like pitched gravel.
David Bradshaw
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Post by junebug on Feb 3, 2020 3:09:22 GMT -5
Sometimes we fixate to much on the why of something , and forget to enjoy the, it just does of it.  |
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Post by needsmostuff on Feb 3, 2020 11:20:16 GMT -5
Hey Tinker , Sometimes things just work . Well,,, here's another one that should not work . But it does , remarkably well. I acquired a 6" 28-2 with a severely bubasterized front sight. I think the previous owners eyes were failing as it was very short and fat. And not of a replaceable sort , not pined in any way , one piece with the barrel. The gun was not a collector piece so I ground off the old and dovetailed the base . The rear blade had also been filed out to huge. It was replaced with a tall V blade.    With a brass bead front and the rear V rounded at the bottom one now simply puts the round ball in the cup shaped rear and the thing on top of the round ball front gets a hole in it. Probably not a recipe for everyone and certainly not for a clean collector gun . But it does self center instinctively for me making it fun to shoot.  Turns out to be very instinctive and fast. |
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Post by tinkerpearce on Feb 3, 2020 11:54:46 GMT -5
Hey Tinker , Sometimes things just work . Well,,, here's another one that should not work . But it does , remarkably well. I acquired a 6" 28-2 with a severely bubasterized front sight. I think the previous owners eyes were failing as it was very short and fat. And not of a replaceable sort , not pined in any way , one piece with the barrel. The gun was not a collector piece so I ground off the old and dovetailed the base . The rear blade had also been filed out to huge. It was replaced with a tall V blade. With a brass bead front and the rear V rounded at the bottom one now simply puts the round ball in the cup shaped rear and the thing on top of the round ball front gets a hole in it. Probably not a recipe for everyone and certainly not for a clean collector gun . But it does self center instinctively for me making it fun to shoot. Turns out to be very instinctive and fast. Excellent! Nice work, too. I actually have the same set-up (but much smaller) on my single-shot .22 Target pistol. Round brass front, v-notch rear. If I can manage to do my part- which is not a given- it's very accurate. |
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Post by drycreek on Feb 3, 2020 14:29:56 GMT -5
I used to have a Charter Arms “Undercover” with a 2” barrel and stingy little sights that I could shoot like a target pistol. No explanation for that either, it surprised me as much as anyone. I was a pretty good shot as a young man with about any handgun, but that little snubbie felt really good in my hands and I killed many a snake with it. Of course I lived with revolvers in my hands in my youth, that could be part of it.......
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