Pistol Shoots Low RESOLVED

yodave already mentioned the shim.....but I agree, even if it looks like a little mini bubba visited your house, you would be shooting where you want to
 
are you handy ?
you could grind an aluminum "sight leaf" that fits in the rear of the rear sight, paint it black, add 2 white dots and glue it on the sight facing you.
 
I may have missed it, did you try 185 gr bullets?
How about try some J.B. weld and glue on maybe 1/8" flat stock to top if sight, thickness could be guessed at by your hold over.
If it stays on than you could finish it up with blue, or paint
 
How much play is there in the rear dovetail when the set screw(s) are loose? I'm thinking you can either just shim up the rear tail of the rear sight while the set screws are loose by the amount needed. Then when you re-tighten the screws it'll hold the shim in place. Or maybe modify this sight into a ghetto adjustable sight by drilling and tapping for a third set screw just barely right ahead of the notch. This can be used to jack up the tail of the sight to raise the notch. The two dovetail screws are loosened by enough to allow this to happen and then all three are snugged up as needed to hold it in place firmly.

It may require a little filing on the dovetail of the rear sight to allow for enough pivoting to occur.
 
According to a magnet, the rear sight is steel. The notch is a half inch behind the dovetail, to there is some leverage available to bend the sight up a bit.

I calculated I needed a 25 thou increase in height. A small screwdriver used as a wedge and a hammer bent the sight up easily.

Voila! Pistol now puts bullets where I want them.

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Did you actually bend the sight? I'm skeptical of that. I'm thinking you deformed the slide dove tail.

In any event, it's nice to hear from people who think outside the box and are willing to take the risk!

M
 
I imagine most sights are MIM, and not forged so I can't see it bending either.

I am guessing the dovetail has been deformed a bit now, and recoil will just work it loose or back to its original position.
 
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I'm in the camp that has suggested that you deformed the dovetail on the sight or the slide or more n'likely a little of both. A little narrow shim under the rear edge of the dovetail will likely hold it neatly in place now. Otherwise the rear sight might tend to see saw in the dovetail notch and change elevation. It might anyway so you may still need to fuss around with some various small fixes.
 
I have examined the installation very carefully,and I see no sign that the dovetail has compressed.

All the bending is in the sight and I am surprised it did not break. It might yet do that.

I have to fine tune the left - Right adjustment. When that is done I will put a shim under elevated section so as to reduce any bending or movement.

If the sight breaks one day, I will just mill the slide dovetail a bit bigger to fit the handful of Colt 1911 fixed sights I have from Norincos. It think the Norc 'low" model sight would be about right.
 
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