Inglis Hi-Power front sights

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Just bought an Inglis Hi-Power, No.2 MK1*.
Front sight is in a dovetail, has a "3" stamped on the side of it. It shoots about 6" low and 4" right. Drifting it to the right will bring it to center but I hesitate to file it down to get the group up. Seeing the #3 on the side of it makes me wonder if there were different heights of front sight made for these ?
Anyone know ?
 
Okay, according to "The Inglis Browning High Power Pistol" by R.Blake Stevens....."the foresight was produced in five sizes which were marked on the side with a code number."
#2......height of the blade.... .125
#3......height of the blade... .135
#4......height of the blade... .145
#5....height of the blade... .155
"Each increase denotes approximately one inch difference in "Mean point of impact" at 20 yards."
 
Thanks Hatman !
Seems about in the ballpark. I laid it out in AutoCAD and I figured .010 would move poi about 1.4" @ 25 yards. So, that would say if I need to raise POI 6", I need .040" shorter sight and the shortest would only raise it ~ 1.4" -- looks like I will need to find a way to get that sight deeper in the dovetail.
 
Maybe try different ammo first. Heavier bullets like 124gr or 147gr might shoot higher for you. Also if you are reloading, there are different loads you can try.
 
It was 124's I was shooting -- commercial reloads -- seemed a bit light (at least for the recoil spring in the Inglis) as it was not driving the slide back far enough for the mag to catch the slide after the last round was fired.
 
You didn't say what range you were shooting at. The Inglis BHP was sighted in at 20 yds.

Also, what were the groups like?

BHPs can really really hate certain ammo and really really love other ammo, and which ammo types it likes/hates varies from one gun to another
 
I was shooting @ 20 yards. 10 shot group (if you could call it that) was ~ 6" but I blame most of that on me and that terribly heavy trigger -- it must be 10 lbs !! I couldn't believe how heavy it was -- I'm an old bullseye pistol shooter and I'm used to ~ 2 lb triggers. (I was shooting one handed too = bullseye style).
I think I'm gonna take that mag safety out - supposedly that helps some -- looking at the BH spring kits too -- hesitate to go too far though as an Inglis IS somewhat collectable -- I guess if I keep all the old parts though ?
 
Try two handed first. Of course you can shoot it one handed Bullseye-style but before you mess with the sights, try to get the best possible groups first.
 
Yeah, I drifted them to the right a bit, which should center the group and managed to get the sight down about .010 more into the dovetail. But now, I'm just going to take out the mag. safety and shoot it some more before I go any farther.
 
My experience with issue Inglis BHPs is they like hot ammo like the issue ball, and yes removing the mag safety helps the trigger pull a lot.

I'd hesitate to shoot many hot loads through my own Inglis though, the barrel cams have a tendency to crack over time.
 
Yep, I thought the slide spring was too stiff for the ammo I was shooting (commercial reloads) ( not driving the slide back far enough to catch it after the last shot). But I'd rather change out to a softer slide spring so I can stay with lighter loads and not beat it to death. I'm guessing that the issue slide spring was stiff enough to handle SMG ammo.
 
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