Zouave Sight Height?

[Shotgun Willy]

As the name of the thread says, how tall above the barrel should the front sight on a Zouave, be? I haven't put the mic's on mine, but it looks to be about 3/16" tall. My barrel's undersized from the .58, it should be, so I shoot .562 round ball, and it shoots about 18" high at 50 yards.
I know it'll shoot higher with RB, but I'm still thinking my front sight's too short. Anybody got one handy, to measure?
Thanks,
Bill

 

[arcticap]

The formula for front sight adjustment or replacement is:
Record:
error on target in inches
distance to target in inches
sight radius in inches.
divide error on target by distance to target,
multiply by sight radius.

The sight radius is the distance between the front and rear sight expressed in inches.

If the rear sight is adjustable, adjust it to the middle of its adjustment limits to allow a range of adjustment up or down after replacing or modifying the front sight.

For example, if the sight radius on a pistol is 10 inches:

error on target= 12" low.
distance to target is 900".
sight radius is 10".
12" divided by 900" = 0.01333 x 10" = 0.133".

The front sight has to be lowered by 0.133 inches or a bit more than 1/8 of an inch (.125).

 

[mykeal]

If you have the traditional Zouave rear sight, using the shortest of the 3 blades, and you're still shooting that high then your gun is like both of mine. I'm not at home this weekend but I'll try to dig it out and get a measurement next week some time.

In the mean time here's what my Zoli looks like if that's any help...

 

[Acorn Mush]

I modified the front sight on my Armi Sport barrel by soft-soldering on an extension to hit to POA at 15 yards. The overall height of the sight is now .465". It is certainly no thing of beauty but it got the job done.

Load was 50 grains GOEX 3fg and a naked .575 round ball. Never could get the barrel to shoot a Minie ball without keyholing.

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[Shotgun Willy]

Thanks, guys. From the pictures it looks like mine is a little shorter than it should be.
Arcticap, thanks for the formula. That'll come in very useful, for figuring a fix.