ECVMatt
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A while back I put a set of Novak adjustable sights on my my GP100 Match Champion. They match the profile of the original fixed sight but allow for a wide range of elevation adjustment.
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.
Here are some pics of the sight and a happy revolver.
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.
Here are some pics of the sight and a happy revolver.
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