Bad gunsmithing......

by Gunner , St Louis, Sunday, June 29, 2025, 17:16 (15 days ago) @ Bob Hatfield

I knew a guy who read too many articles about filing down the front sight and turning the barrel to get a SAA type handgun to hit point of aim. And in a rush to accomplish this he did it before really shooting the handgun enough to understand his shooting of said handgun. After filing 50-60 % off the front sight and tweaking the barrel left only to discover he was not holding the handgun firm and sighting correctly, afterwards he wrote a check to a gunsmith to have a new front sight installed.

I never felt comfortable enough to file my front sights down on my set of 45 colt Vaqueros, I just aimed a little high right to hit center of target. Worked well enough for me, even during my CAS shootin' days.

Gunner

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