Tweaking an old S and W .44 Russian

LawrenceN

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Well, anyone who's owned one of the old fixed sights revolvers knows that the only way to hit your target was to learn the idiosyncrasies of the pistol and the load being used and to compensate by holding off the MPI (main point of impact). After 55 yrs.+ of shooting, I'm too old a dog to remember to hold off on my sight picture if I have to deploy my pistol in a serious scenario so I decided to fabricate a new foresight and tweak it so that it impacted where I aimed. I made a blade that was over high and over wide so I'd have lots of meat to play with. I got it to the range, set up a rest, and started the process. Take a shot, go to the bench and file, and repeat over and over until I was placing my rounds in the bull. In the first 2 pis, you'll see the coarse blade and the last two pics are the final result. I put a small dab of blaze orange paint on the sight to improve target acquisition. Comments and/or observations are welcome. BTW, I still have the original "fingernail" foresight so I can reverse my work if need be. Given the overall condition of this pistol I think it's my "forever" bush carry sidearm.
 
Nice work!
I must confess, the thought of carrying a pistol in the bush makes me nearly giddy.

Being an ex military cop, walking around with a sidearm on my hip brings back a wealth of memories. I like the carry option when I have my hands busy with tools or whatnot or during bow season (crossbows not being famous for quick reloading). As the old saying goes, "it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." In the bush, truer words were never spoke.
 
Being an ex military cop, walking around with a sidearm on my hip brings back a wealth of memories. I like the carry option when I have my hands busy with tools or whatnot or during bow season (crossbows not being famous for quick reloading). As the old saying goes, "it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." In the bush, truer words were never spoke.

It’s ok in Ontario to hunt small game with an antique handgun and most CO’s know this but in a large game bows only season one must only use or carry (on your person, in a vehicle or boat) a firearm of the type permitted. So carrying an antique handgun or a shotgun for birds is not allowed while bow hunting.

We asked a CO what the rationale was for that and he said carrying the firearms would give one the opportunity to use it at a longer range than the bow. Years before I would always carry an antique handgun while bow hunting but don’t now because of that regulation.
 
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