1903 front sight blade

[lencac]

Well I finally got the 3 1903 front sight blades I ordered from Numrich. They are not original G.I. but nevertheless they are what they are. The sight I am repacing is G.I. and is stamped "C" which I believe means it is the middle tall blade. My understnading is they had 5 different blades stamped A through E. A being the tallest. The ones I got from Numrich are all the same. Made by aftermarket and are .005 in. thinner that the G.I. blade. Meaning they are
.045 in. thick instead of .050 in. thick. But the good news is they measure .035 in. taller than the "C" blade I had. This should bring the 200 yrd. sight-in down a bit. The "C" G.I. blade measured .500 in. from base to tip. The non-G.I. blade measures .535 in. tall. At $1.40 each really not much to loose.

 

[hps1]

That should drop your 200 yard point of impact eight to eight and a half inches.

Regards,
hps

 

[lencac]

I tried it today at 100 yrds. and it is only about 4 inches high now as opposed to 9 to 10 inches high with the "C" sight. I can live with that. So your calculations are probably pretty darn close to correct at 200 yrds.

 

[hps1]

Regards,
hps

 

[hps1]

This thread just illustrates the accuracy of the following quote from the Remington 1903A3 Range Report thread.

lencac:
Anybody thinks shooting the kind of groups that Garand show pic of with iron miltary sights is easy. Think again. That kind of group not only shows a beautifully built firearm but also a very compedent shooter, not to mention the ammo.

An error in sight alignment of only .008" will move the POI an inch @ 100 yards. .008" is the thickness of two sheets of typing paper.

Regards,
hps