Sightin' in sixguns

Originally published at: SIGHTIN’ IN SIXGUNS - Sixguns Firearm Fraternity

The single action sixgun had been residing in the gunshop showcase for several weeks. You’ve admired it the last couple of trips to the shop and now you have finally decided. The finish is excellent, the action feels great, and you’ve wanted to get into single action shooting anyway. The decision is made. The .45 Colt single action will be yours. When you shoot it for the first time you know it will be dead-on with any ammunition tried. If you believe that you will also believe in the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, and honest politicians. Chances are highly probable that it will either shoot high, low, left, right, or any combination thereof. The best case scenario is a sixgun that is dead on for windage but shoots low. This is the way most single action sixguns, both foreign and domestic, are coming through now. Most but not all. It hasn’t always been this way but the Italian replica sixgun makers have especially gotten their act together in recent years and the better clones are being made with front sights that are designed to be dialed in by each individual shooter with the judicious use of a file. This is something that most of us can handle quite well without the aid of a professional gunsmith. If the sixgun in question shoots low but is on for windage it is necessary to lower the front sight to raise the impact of the bullet on target. This is where the file comes in as to accomplish…

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