"Don't move your sights........"

[Bob Wright]

Many folks hereabouts advocate never moving your sights. I picked up this Ruger Super Blackhawk at the gun show last weekend and got it out to the range this morning.

The target on the left was my first shots, then on the right, after four clicks left windage.




I still say move, file, or build up as required.

Bob Wright

 

[Hunter Customs]

I've never heard anyone say not to move your sights, after all the purpose of having adjustable sights is so you can dial them in.

Now fixed sights, I would not mess with them unless they are way off ( several inches).

Anyway it looks like you have yours dialed in, good shooting.

Best Regards
Bob Hunter
www.huntercustoms.com

 

[jhenry]

A nice old 3 screw too. Did you luck out and get the box also?

I never met a shooter who advocated never adjusting sights. Who said this?

 

[AID_Admin]

I've never heard anyone say not to move your sights, after all the purpose of having adjustable sights is so you can dial them in.

I never heard this one either... In fact today on the range I was adjusting sights on my Model 17. I have this gun for about six months or so, it's been on the range a dozen of times already. I knew from day one I have to aim a bit higher to get right in the center. I always did just that. Never thought much about it until today it suddenly clicked: why aim higher if I can lower the sights with a turn of a screwdriver?! So, now it's done.

 

[Electric Head]

I think when people advise against moving sights it is when another (or multiple), known good shooter can shoot straight with the gun yet you cannot. In this case, you need to learn to shoot better (trigger finger position / trigger control / grip, whatever). Adjusting the sights to compensate for your incorrect process just doesn't seem correct to me. The main problem with this is if you have multiple guns, you might have different faults with them all, which means if and when you do improve your shooting ability, all the guns will start to be more off target in their own way, based on how they were tuned to you initially. This will never let you build confidence that it shoots where you aim it, and drastically slow any learning you do while practicing.

 

[Bob Wright]

Firearms instructers will usually pull out one of those targets with zones marked with different faults causing your shots to go astray. This even after one person stated he was shooting good groups. They refuse to believe two different people can shoot the same gun and get different results.

I was called a liar because I said I had to resight my guns after cataract surgery.

Obviously the sight correction corrected my point of impact.

Bob Wright

 

[tipoc]

Not adjust the sights? Nonsense!

There are a good many reasons folks may need to adjust their sights. Different weight bullets will effect elevation for example.

Two different shooters will have different sized and shaped hands, as a result two good shooters may have their bullets impact differently on a target when shooting the same gun. This is one reason custom grips are made and you see them often in various competitions.

To say a shooter should never adjust their sights is also to assume they are always set right from the factory, they ain't.

tipoc

 

[savit260]

That's why they make adjustable sights.

I call nonsense on whoever told you not to adjust sights.

Different bullet weights will have different p.o.i.