Taller front sight on Colt

[BowerR64]

Well ,if I say what I'm thinking I'm sure I'll be taken as Rude and Unfriendly.

So, I'll post a couple of smileys and ask. I really don't get the ear plug thing. Is your barrel not oiled? Is the other end plugged? What about the cylinder openings? And nipple openings?

I personally don't think it's necessary, but if it makes you feel better. More power to you!

I really would like to know what others think about it being necessary to plug the barrel. Maybe I'm missing something and should be doing it also.

I do oil them lightly but sometimes they will sit for who knows how long. I dont have the other end plugged but ive seen some of these rust right around the opening. I dont know if it works or not it was just something to do with my old ear plugs. I do it after they are clean so i know they arnt still dirty. Just a reminder for me

Some one has asked before so i just put what it is before some one asks.

 

[BowerR64]

Check these sights out i found when searching colt sights.

 

[StrawHat]

Here is another option if you need a taller front sight. I needed to install a sight on the revolver as I cut the barrel. I dovetailed a rifle sight in place and went from there.

 

[Willie Sutton]

Looks to me like a cheap fantasy-brasser hacked off with a saw, and with a poorly stained handmade grip with the grain running the wrong way, and a crude front sight. I'm sure glad you don't work on my guns. Plumbing fixture? Yeah... that's a really classy front sight.

You're sure prouder of your work than I'd be.

What was the range to the cards for that group? Six inches?

Just sayin' what I think, old man. Just like you picking on Pard-Bower.


The point you should take is that we're all here to have fun. Enjoy your handwork and let others enjoy theirs.


I'd truly not have that "thing" in my collection though.


Willie

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[jgh4445]

I think the moderators should lock this one and we all start over at "hello".

 

[IROCZ]

Mr. Sutton cuts plumb center again.

 

[jaxenro]

Hey Wayne-O

Your right I should have stayed out if it too who am I to lecture you. Sorry and I agree let's move on

I like the work on the brasser just don't like 1860 brassers but I like the overall look

Look at this period conversion on my site

http://percussionrevolvers.com/index.php?topic=365.msg383#msg383

 

[jgh4445]

Now Jax...you don't have a tall front sight on that snubbie. So...in keeping with this thread, where does it shoot?

 

[jaxenro]

Not my gun sorry I only "collected" the photo

 

[jgh4445]

I see, probably started out real tall but got worn down to a nub by drawing it so much to show it to folks.

 

[Walkalong]

Ok folks, lots of posts missing. Let's play nice from here on, OK? The subject matter is interesting. It would be nice to keep going.

 

[Wayne-O]

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Why does everybody delight in putting front sights on backwards??

 

[BowerR64]

Why does everybody delight in putting front sights on backwards??

The first .44 colt i had i built up the front sight with JB weld and shaped it like the target model and everyone asked me why i put it on backwards.

So i shaped this one the other way and then i get the sore thumb treatment lol

Something i did helped because this is the best its ever shot.

 

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NOW, that's a good one

 

[jgh4445]

What was the distance?

 

[Jaymo]

Bower64, when I read "green dot" in your post, the first thought that popped into my head was the shotgun/handgun reloading powder. Funny how the brain works, especially with a caffeine deficiency.

I'm not crazy about the idea of filing my hammers, except in order to better see the front sight.
I may have to make a front sight like yours.
Of course, I'll make it more like the Baumann front sight on a Smith and Wesson revolver, because I'm used to that style.
I like that your sight doesn't require permanent modification to the revolver.

I also like the flip-up rear, barrel mounted, sights on those two Colts.
If I do a permanent mod to mine, it'll include a barrel mounted sight.
It makes a lot of sense to me to have both front and rear sights mounted to the
barrel on the Colt, much like rifle sights on a shotgun slug barrel.
Keeps the gun sighted in to the barrel.

I like the idea of the foam ear plugs. Could be great for storage in humid areas.
Could even plug the chambers with them.

 

[Wayne-O]

Why does everybody delight in putting front sights on backwards??

Doesn't the taller part of the sight go towards the muzzle?

At this point, some clarification would be appreciated.

 

[BowerR64]

What was the distance?

Im still shooting at 15 yards, i need to figure out something different for 25 because the red isnt easy to see at 25 yards without a scope for me.

I need a black bull with a white background and slightly larger targets for 25.

I found some stickon 3-1/2" dots on e-bay just a package of those might help when i move it back.

I used 18grains (45 acp shell) of pyrodex RS i got from walmart friday night. $20. a pound. I forgot how bad pyrodex stinks.

 

[Palehorseman]

Wayne-o, This is the High Road. We conduct our self's as Ladies and Gentlemen. Take Mr. Suttons advice, read a little and understand that this is a friendly chat kind of place. It's fine to disagree, It's how you do it.

If you are referring to this: "You folks seem to almost be taking those BP revolvers seriously, when the makers know they are turning out toys." Jim K


Relax and enjoy, tis his signature.

 

[BowerR64]

If you are referring to this: "You folks seem to almost be taking those BP revolvers seriously, when the makers know they are turning out toys." Jim K


Relax and enjoy, tis his signature.

You dont think thats funny? i had a good laugh when i read that and loved it.

 

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I heard a rumor that somebody is getting a new pistol
I wonder who that might be???

 

[BowerR64]

I heard a rumor that somebody is getting a new pistol
I wonder who that might be???

Might take a couple months to get it in

 

[Crawdad1]

Good job Mr. Bower!! You've giving me some great ideas on how to raise my front sight which it desperately needs.

Mr. Sutton, you Sir, are a gentleman and a scholar!!!

 

[Willie Sutton]

Crawdaddy Pard, the only downside to the Mods editin' posts is that my post referrin' to the hacked off shortie now looks like it was directed towards Pard Strawhat's shootin' iron, which it aint. I tried to correct the record above and can't, so let this stand as the explaination.

Pard Bowers, you never cease to bring a smile to my grizzled face. Ya'll keep a-pluggin away on your irons and soon you'll be the old guy that others look to advice from. Every expert started off experimentin'. Notice how they both start with "ex"? That's 'cause they come from the same latin root, meaning "in the past".

Fur the unwashed, uneducated trappers here, who don't enjioy the benefit of Willie's East-O-Saint Louis education 'fore he moved out into the hills, "Expert" is from the Latin expertus, "bein' the past participle of experiri, meaning to ‘try.’ "Ex" means in the past. "Periri" meanin' something ya'll experience (which is a pun, "Experience" bein' from the same latin word), and as such An Expert is someone who has tried in the past.

So, in plain Willie-Speak this refers to fellas who've given many things a try in the past, and have figgured out what works and what don't. Some things work, some don't, and amongst the things that work, some work bettern than others. But it all comes from a-tryin', and nothin' in tryin' is ever wasted. Sharin' yer tryin' is just good citizenship, and it's always harder to share what works less-better and looks less-purty that sharin yer triumphs. Never let anyone bring bad cheer on ya for sharin'. You're doing good.


Willie



Advanced Latin fur the trapper: Try this on for humor:

A fella walks into a bar and says to the 'tender "I'd sure like a nice cold Martinez". The bartender says "Buddy, don't you really want a Martini?" to which the fella says "No, 'tender: If I'd had a-wanted two or more I'd have asked for them. Just give me one".


<sigh>... I guess schoolin' was not all a-wasted.. Latin singulars and plurals and all....



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