Novak Adjustable Rear Sight for Ruger Match Champion
Jan 1, 2023 21:55:42 GMT -5
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Post by ecvmatt on Jan 1, 2023 21:55:42 GMT -5
A while back I put a set of Novak adjustable sights on my my GP100 Match Champion fixed sighted model. They match the profile of the original fixed sight but allow for a wide range of elevation adjustment. I also changed the front fiber optic sight to a brass bead.
I finally had a chance to sight them in yesterday and the initial impression is a good one. The sight is very robust and elevation adjustments have a positive click when rotated. I rough centered the sight then fired my field load of 160 hardcast GC at about 1200 FPS. It only took a few rounds to figure the elevation and then I worked on the windage.
For the windage, I used a new tool that I have come to love. It is the Wyoming Sight Drifter. It's a brass punch that uses kinetic energy to move sights, pins, dovetail blanks or whatever you need adjusted. I have used this on a few guns now to set final zero and it will be a permanent addition to the range bag. It is small, handy, and just plain works. My dad showed me how to use a kinetic finish nail setter when I was a boy, but I guess that lesson escaped me. I am glad I relearned it.
Anyways, a few small whacks to the left and the zero was set. I used some blue loctite on the set screw in the rear sight and I am good to go. After that I spent the afternoon shooting a couple of hundred rounds of my field load, shot some AR's with my son and .22's with the my daughter. Although it was freezing rain in the desert, it was a blast and the first time the kids could hang with me for the duration. I guess they are growing up.
The next step is the shoot my heavy load with a 180 grain HC bullet. I am hopeful that I will be able to mark the elevation on the sight and move it up and down depending upon the load I'm using.
Trying to figure out how to attach photos of the sight and the tool.
If you have a fixed sighted MC, these sights retail the utilitarian aspect, but allow for changes in elevation.
I finally had a chance to sight them in yesterday and the initial impression is a good one. The sight is very robust and elevation adjustments have a positive click when rotated. I rough centered the sight then fired my field load of 160 hardcast GC at about 1200 FPS. It only took a few rounds to figure the elevation and then I worked on the windage.
For the windage, I used a new tool that I have come to love. It is the Wyoming Sight Drifter. It's a brass punch that uses kinetic energy to move sights, pins, dovetail blanks or whatever you need adjusted. I have used this on a few guns now to set final zero and it will be a permanent addition to the range bag. It is small, handy, and just plain works. My dad showed me how to use a kinetic finish nail setter when I was a boy, but I guess that lesson escaped me. I am glad I relearned it.
Anyways, a few small whacks to the left and the zero was set. I used some blue loctite on the set screw in the rear sight and I am good to go. After that I spent the afternoon shooting a couple of hundred rounds of my field load, shot some AR's with my son and .22's with the my daughter. Although it was freezing rain in the desert, it was a blast and the first time the kids could hang with me for the duration. I guess they are growing up.
The next step is the shoot my heavy load with a 180 grain HC bullet. I am hopeful that I will be able to mark the elevation on the sight and move it up and down depending upon the load I'm using.
Trying to figure out how to attach photos of the sight and the tool.
If you have a fixed sighted MC, these sights retail the utilitarian aspect, but allow for changes in elevation.
