The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - New Flattop shoots LOW

New Flattop shoots LOW (reply)

Jared — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:25:25 +0000

Low isn't a bad problem to have. The Shootist. 44 bisleys almost al had too short of a front sight, since Ruger refuses to put interchangeable fronts on blued revolvers your choices are limited. I finally got a new rear blade, and cut it flush with the sight body. It isn't perfect but at least with Warm loads it now only shoots a couple of inches high at 25 vs nearly a foot with standard .44 loads.

Ordered a high blade (reply)

Dave B — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:07:21 +0000

From Brownells, hopefully it fits!

New Flattop shoots LOW (reply)

Charles — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:55:00 +0000

Ruger makes high rear sight blades that will cure your problem with only a minute swap out.

well 158 is average for the caliber (reply)

bj — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:41:06 +0000

Or at least it used to be. I think a lot of ammo has moved to 125s. I've seen 170-200 grain bullets used for IHMSA and I've seen case SWCs that were about 170, but this isn't all that much higher than 158. If your hot loads and light loads still shoot low then you will have to file the front sight.

Filing a front sight, be sure you don't accidentally ding the rear sight, be careful that you file it evenly side to side, and don't take off too much. It will only take a tiny bit.

Lightest 357 Mag I shoot (reply)

Dave B — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:51:01 +0000

Is a 158gr JSP or XTP, most of what I shoot are 160gr 358156, and bullets from a 359640 MP mold, they are plain based and I don't push them as hard. I have an NOE mold that should drop a 180gr GC bullet, going to see how it does with 300-MP.

Have new mold inbound (reply)

Dave B — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:48:29 +0000

Going to try a 180gr bullet and some slower powder.

but first, what caliber and with what ammo? (reply)

bj — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 02:24:06 +0000

Lighter than normal bullets will make it shoot low. If you file the sight then it will shoot too high with normal ammunition. I've seen tests with .45Colt where changing bullets from light to heavy would make perhaps 5" difference at 25 yards.

New Flattop shoots LOW (reply)

Fivegunner — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 19:16:12 +0000

How about a heaver bullet? or go a little faster?

Aim High. (reply)

Drago — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:49:58 +0000

New Flattop shoots LOW (reply)

Cherokee — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:24:37 +0000

File the front sight, just go slowly. I use a glass base with tape on the rear sight and the file under the front sight. Move gun back and forth keeping the rear sight flat against the glass. Should not take much.

New Flattop shoots LOW

Dave B — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 15:39:26 +0000

With the rear sight raised uncomfortably high in elevation, the gun shoots to POA, with the rear sight where I am comfortable, it shoots several inches low. So, I have never filed a front sight on an adjustable sight revolver before, have to admit, I am a little scared of screwing it up, but it seems that short of sending it to someone for a lower front sight, this is my only option, other than living with the rear sight ridiculously high.

Dave