Ruger model 44 shoots two feet to the right

[CZguy]

i have a nice old Ruger model 44 that shoots two feet to the right at fifty yards with the iron sights at full deflection. Has anyone ever encountered this? I would love to be able to fixt his.

 

[WrongHanded]

What kind of rear sight is it? Google is showing me a semi-buckhorn rear in a dovetail on the barrel, or some sort or rear aperture sight mounted on the receiver. Which do you have?

Pictures could help.

 

[JT-AR-MG42]

Does it group at all? Perfect function?
Agree pictures are needed.

If it is shooting groups, my guess is a bent barrel (or rifled off center).

JT

 

[skeeterfogger]

Have a pistol that shot high and right 12". Recrowned and polished some roughness in the cone. Now it shoots correct.

 

[WrongHanded]

Shooting 2 feet (24") right at 50 yards (1800"), if the sight radius is approximately 24", puts the front and rear sight alignment out from the barrel axis about 0.32".

Math: (24 ÷ 1800) x 24 = 0.32

So that's about 5/16". Drift the front to the right 5/32", and the rear to the left 5/32", and you'll probably be hitting much closer to POA.

 

[BCRider]

That far out sure sounds like the barrel is bent. Pull the action out of the stock and hold the two sides of the barrel up against a good straight edge and likely you'll quickly see the problem.

Or the crown is really badly damaged or was re-crowned very poorly.

 

[a5werkes]

So, at 10 and 25 yards the groups are how big ?

 

[Catman42]

as suggested, recrown and redue the forcing cone. all the suggestions are good, hard to tell until closely looked at.

 

[pbearperry]

have you had anyone else fire the gun with the same results?

 

[Catman42]

ive learned this many years ago. you never ever rest the revolver on a rest, you rest your arm on the rest holding the revolver. i forget who taught me that. a couple guns that ive come across that shot that far off, their was a bad muzzle crown on it and recrowning it solved the problem. im watching this one, want to see how it turns out.