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It doesn't, only the top of the rear matters for elevation.Lowering the top would be the opposite of raising the front, but lowering the bottom of the notch - how does that help?
It doesn't, only the top of the rear matters for elevation.Lowering the top would be the opposite of raising the front, but lowering the bottom of the notch - how does that help?
Lowering the top would be the opposite of raising the front, but lowering the bottom of the notch - how does that help?
Look at it this way:Lowering the top would be the opposite of raising the front, but lowering the bottom of the notch - how does that help?
Enables holding the top of the front sight blade deeper down in the hammer's v-notch.I don't completely understand how filing the notch in the rear sight would help.
No, other sights are intentionally designed to present different sight pictures. At the risk of naming an "unmentionable" here, I'd suggest researching "Carcano" as a prime example.....
I always line up the tops of the front and rear sights, I suppose other people do it different ways.
Lowering the top would be the opposite of raising the front, but lowering the bottom of the notch - how does that help?
Look at it this way:
Your line of sight is an absolute. It never changes as this invisible line from your eye extends through the aligned sights and then to the target.
When you adjust iron sights you are actually moving the firearm around your line of sight.
If the bullet holes are high on the target, lowering the notch on the rear sight pivots the rear of the firearm upward, which in turn angles the bullet trajectory downward.
"If the bullet holes are high on the target, lowering the notch on the rear sight pivots the rear of the firearm upward, which in turn angles the bullet trajectory downward"
I align the TOP of the sights, so this doesn't work for me. Raising the front sight does.
I agree the best option is to raise the front sight to lower point of impact on a fixed sight percussion revolver. I currently own a couple of specimens on which I need to exactly that. They happen to shoot so high it would be impossible to file a notch deep enough on the hammer. If it were a matter of inch or two of correction at 25 yards - that's one thing. In my case they're hitting 8"-9" high.Filing the notch deeper will allow one to bury the front sight deeper in the notch but it's a crude solution to the problem. It isn't possible to bury the front sight to the same depth with every shot and no one ever finished in the top at the nationals by doing so. Filing the top of the hammer down after deepening the groove so that the top of the sights are level does work but (IMHO) the answer is to fit a taller front sight.
Burying the front sight in the rear notch for POA change is poor economy for open sight function as the top (rear flat is best) is what allows full , unobstructed sight picture for bullseye target shooting or hunting. It lets in the most light for sight definition , windage and elevation calibration.It doesn't, only the top of the rear matters for elevation.
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