So I may just attempt to move the front sight slightly to the left and test it.
Have you shot it closer to the target, or was this the first time you fired it?101combatvet: "Are you shooting with your dominant eye? (Yes)
How many rounds were fired? (14)
What distance to the target? (25 yards)
Have you gotten the same results while bench-resting the pistol? (I was doing this off a benchrest)
Have others fired your pistol with the same results?" (No one has ever fired my pistol)
So your groups are hitting three inches to the left of the white center circle, meaning you are five inches left of the center of the aiming point at 25 yards. Is that correct?101combatvet: "Have you shot it closer to the target, or was this the first time you fired it?"
Answer to this is on initial post 1/5:
It still shoots less to the left at 7 and 15 yards (offhand) but I've never measured it.
It is not the first time I've fired it. It has done this since I own it; I've just tried various holds to try to overcome it.
The target size is an 8.5" x 11.5" sheet of white paper with a 4" white center in a 7" black circle. With my 80-y.o. eyes the front sight at 25 yards covers the white center with a small area of white surrounding it.
Good idea.Since I generally don't shoot this gun at 25 yards, I'll go back out (weather-depending) and bench it at 7 and 15 (my usual distances) and measure that.
If the set screw and the block are linked somehow, that might explain why Kimber wants the pistol back to adjust the existing sight. The whole business now seems more complicated than I first thought.
I don't think the set screw is in any way "linked" to the firing pin safety, but my understanding is that the plunger is retained in the slide by the rear sight. Pushing the sight to adjust POI should not be a problem, but when replacing the rear sight, care should be taken not to launch the plunger spring.bamaranger said:OK, full disclosure, I haven't a clue about a connection between the rear sight allen screw I see in pics and the firing pin block. THAT would be something to ask Kimber. My experience is with 70 series pistols that have driftable rear sights anchored with a set screw in or simply driftable rears, anchored in conventional dovetails.
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If the set screw and the block are linked somehow, that might explain why Kimber wants the pistol back to adjust the existing sight. The whole business now seems more complicated than I first thought.