OK, here's the deal. I love SA wheelguns. I don't know why, but I seem to be better suited to the breed than any other type. I've got a Single Six .22Mag/.22LR and a couple of minirevolvers.
I also like good sights. With a bit of white and bright orange paint I was able to make the Ruger's setup work very well.
Except for one little detail. In fast strings, my thumb hangs up on that DAMNED rear sight.
What the hell were they thinking? Why didn't they move the sucker forward out of the way?
Sure, the Vaquero solves the problem - with a piece of crap sight.
I WANT BOTH. I want a good sight, further forward out of the way of fast hammer-grabbing. Ruger *used* to understand this, they used to do flat-tops with a dovetail and sight right in the middle.
Which gunsmiths can do up something like that? It would take a major fill-in of metal on a Blackhawk followed by cutting a dovetail around mid-top-strap for something like a 1911 (or Glock or whatever) rear sight, mounted at the right height for a Blackhawk front sight. Ashley and I think Metropro makes a Tritium Blackhawk front sight, that would do fine. With a standard dovetail, I'd run an Ashley Express-type non-Tritium rear.
There may be another way to skin that cat:
I've got half a mind to take the rear sight completely out, and then take an ounce of silver and "peen" it into the resulting channel, smoothing the rear out and forming a "peak" at the front. Then at the range, carve a nice shallow "V" with the appropriate type of file. Once the "V" is correct, drill two dots and fill with black paint.
But the better option would be a real gunsmith who's figured out what Bill hasn't, or has forgotten.
Jim
I also like good sights. With a bit of white and bright orange paint I was able to make the Ruger's setup work very well.
Except for one little detail. In fast strings, my thumb hangs up on that DAMNED rear sight.
What the hell were they thinking? Why didn't they move the sucker forward out of the way?
Sure, the Vaquero solves the problem - with a piece of crap sight.
I WANT BOTH. I want a good sight, further forward out of the way of fast hammer-grabbing. Ruger *used* to understand this, they used to do flat-tops with a dovetail and sight right in the middle.
Which gunsmiths can do up something like that? It would take a major fill-in of metal on a Blackhawk followed by cutting a dovetail around mid-top-strap for something like a 1911 (or Glock or whatever) rear sight, mounted at the right height for a Blackhawk front sight. Ashley and I think Metropro makes a Tritium Blackhawk front sight, that would do fine. With a standard dovetail, I'd run an Ashley Express-type non-Tritium rear.
There may be another way to skin that cat:
I've got half a mind to take the rear sight completely out, and then take an ounce of silver and "peen" it into the resulting channel, smoothing the rear out and forming a "peak" at the front. Then at the range, carve a nice shallow "V" with the appropriate type of file. Once the "V" is correct, drill two dots and fill with black paint.
But the better option would be a real gunsmith who's figured out what Bill hasn't, or has forgotten.
Jim