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Fixed sights on pistol

penguinpenguin Member Posts: 596 ✭
edited June 2017 in Ask the Experts
Are they checked at the factory for being correctly placed?

Penquin
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you are asking if they test fire to see if the bullet will hit where the sights line up most likely NOT but if you are asking if Quality Control looks to see if sights are mounted correctly then most likely yes they do . Every one looks at sights differently most new pistol shooters That are right handed will have their shots hit low and to the left because the jerk the trigger "flinch"
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The majority of fixed sights, ( on .22 pistols ). I have shot over the years. Have been regulated to shoot approximately 3" high at 50'. This harks back, to the old Bullseye shooting days. When the standard aiming point, was the bottom of the black bull.

    Haven't noticed this, on centerfire pistols? To me this is quite strange? As modern fixed sight .22 pistols, aren't made for, or used in the Bullseye shooting matches. Yet most still come from the factories, shooting high.

    This causes me problems when plinking and bunny hunting. As holding low is required, for hitting COM. As a result I wind up altering the sights, of almost all .22 pistols I get my hands on. Even the adjustable sight ones.
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  • charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It has been my experience that with fixed sights, I learn how to hold the pistol so it shoots where I'm aiming. Takes some ammo to do that and I need to keep in practice.

    Doesn't work for everything, Government issue 1911 is about dead on at 100 yards.
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  • penguinpenguin Member Posts: 596 ✭
    edited November -1
    Thank you.
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  • zvettezvette Member Posts: 118 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by penguin
    Are they checked at the factory for being correctly placed?

    Penquin


    The factory letter I received for my S&W 357 Magnum revolver indicated it was sighted in at 50 yards. But that was back in the 1930's.
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  • beantownshootahbeantownshootah Member Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by penguin
    Are they checked at the factory for being correctly placed?

    Penquin


    If they're truly fixed sights, they couldn't be adjusted even if they weren't correct, so that's sort of moot.

    If you're talking about drift-adjustable dovetailed rear sights, I think its going to depend on the manufacturer. The better ones test all guns, and I think this is one QC point.
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