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| The black dot was made by tracing around a dime and then filling it in. It is approximately 3/4" in diameter. |
Some "groups" with the Remington 1858 replica.
The taped holes were shot on a sunny day. The not-taped holes were shot on a cloudy day and after the voluptuous curves aft of the rear sight were spray-painted with flat-black paint.
The glare from the sunny day resulted in the group being about 3 inches below the point-of-aim.
The cloudy-day had two holes at 1.2 inches below the point-of-aim and two more at about 2" below the point of aim. It is very easy to remove metal from the front sight to raise where the bullets hit, but it is difficult to add it back. So it pays to take it slow-and-easy and sneak up on perfection. If you have four pieces of information that tell you that you are 1.2" low, 2" low, 3" low and 4" low, the smart money bets on the 1.2" low because it is inexpensive (in terms of time) to correct. If you bet on 4" low and you guessed wrong, you have a tougher situation to correct.
Another thing to consider is that anticipating-the-shot can result in the shooter "pushing" the gun before it goes off and that usually lowers where the bullet hits the target. It pays to look at "low" shots as more suspect than high ones.
My math suggested that I needed to lower the front sight by 0.015 inches to raise the group 1.2 inches at 45 feet.
We will shoot it again on the next cloudy day.
Any guidance from my readers about the very least reflective brand of, "flat" black paint will be appreciated.
Soot from a candle or oil lamp with the wick too high. --ken
ReplyDeleteTHanks!
DeleteSecond the candle soot trick. Back in the day, there used to be a sight smoker that ran off carbide- bullseye pistol shooter would use that. Don't know if they still make those, but they worked very well
DeleteSoot works great, we used calcium carbide for sight black when going to IHMSA matches.
DeleteGrumpy Old Macdonald
Yep, soot is the best thing. It's easy to replace, even in the field.
DeleteWhy not just a little black electrical tape?
ReplyDeleteThe contours of the frame are very curvaceous. Like a Kardashian with a champaign flute on her rump. It will be difficult to slick-down the tape.
DeleteAnd electrical tape is still fairly shiny.
My dad taught me the soot trick of ken’s 50 years ago. Works good.
ReplyDeleteI used some black pasters once as a hood on a M1 front sight. The winter sun was so low, it was almost impossible to the see the blade without it. But the soot trick is a good thing to have at hand. Ken knows.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't paint it myself but the Key kon camo series is very flat.
ReplyDeleteI said Krylon!
ReplyDeleteRegarding shooting low. Next time you shoot don't load two chambers, but put caps on, and spin the cylinder so you don't know where they are. Then watch to see where it is pointing after you pull the trigger. And sit at a bench with a rest under the barrel and take a few shots to see where they hit.---ken
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