AZAndy
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Or solved well enough to suit me, anyway. After having the gun "repaired" under warranty for its sight regulation problem, it still shot 2 1/2" low. I noticed that the rear of the fiber optic was conical and the top was a little above the top of the metal part of the sight, but didn't think it was a big enough amount to make much difference.
While trying to come up with an idea this morning, I did the math to see how much the sight's height needed to be reduced in order to correct the problem, and it turned out to be about .03". So I grabbed my reloading calipers, set them to .03", and compared the gap to the amount of plastic sticking up. Looked to me to be pretty darn close! So I filed the top of the plastic so that it was level with the top of the sight and ran to the range to check it out.
That's from ten yards, offhand, standing, single action. The hole down at the bottom right was me doing that dumb thing where I grab the trigger instead of pressing it, so if I discount that, it's 4 inside one inch, and all six inside two inches. Even if I don't discount the errant shot, it's seven inside of 3", which I can live with. That's good enough for me! Finally, I can carry this thing, which is what I had in mind for it when I bought it.
While trying to come up with an idea this morning, I did the math to see how much the sight's height needed to be reduced in order to correct the problem, and it turned out to be about .03". So I grabbed my reloading calipers, set them to .03", and compared the gap to the amount of plastic sticking up. Looked to me to be pretty darn close! So I filed the top of the plastic so that it was level with the top of the sight and ran to the range to check it out.
That's from ten yards, offhand, standing, single action. The hole down at the bottom right was me doing that dumb thing where I grab the trigger instead of pressing it, so if I discount that, it's 4 inside one inch, and all six inside two inches. Even if I don't discount the errant shot, it's seven inside of 3", which I can live with. That's good enough for me! Finally, I can carry this thing, which is what I had in mind for it when I bought it.