One of these days I'm going to take the rear sight elevators off my Rossi's and gently file the steps a bit sharper and slanted inward, so the rear sights will stay where I put them and stop jumping down to the lowest step. Drives me nuts that they do that.
Otherwise, I have no problems with the sights. I actually like the bead and buckhorn arrangement quite well, they work great for me.
Rear sight fix
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Re: Rear sight fix
when I got my first R92 (.44 mag) in 2013, the first thing I tried to do was file the "steps" on the rear sight elevator to stop the silly jumping. Knowing the steps were rather large and the correction would be proportionately large when adjusting, the thought hit me to dig trough my small stash of stuff and find another remedy. I found an older Daisy pellet rifle with a plastic elevator with about twice the adjustment steps, and all very sharp/crisp. It worked perfectly on the .44 mag and stayed until I later mounted a Weaver scout scope. In late 2015 I traded for a .357 R92, shot it one time to prove it worthy of spending the time and effort, then stripped it down and did the basic redneck smoothing and refinished the wood. It got the plastic Daisy pellet rifle elevator installed before the first real range trip. It's a whole lot more positive than the poorly cut/designed Rossi elevator and has some really efficient adjustment capability.
Guess I got lucky with that ordeal.
jd
Guess I got lucky with that ordeal.
jd
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Re: Rear sight fix
Makes me wonder . . . Would steel cored (armor piercing) bullets strike a spark to set the Magnesium engine block on fire? Maybe incendiary rounds would be better, because they would light up the gas tank if you hit that instead? I think we need more options in 44 bullets.plaidad wrote:"Now I can hit Volkswagen sized target @ 100 consistently... "
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Re: Rear sight fix
API pistol ammo - a novel idea who's time may have arrived.
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Re: Rear sight fix
Sounds like a perfect fit for Tackleberry.Ohio3Wheels wrote:API pistol ammo - a novel idea who's time may have arrived.
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Re: Rear sight fix
Well, you gave me an idea! Seems Midway offers several different sight elevators! If they do, then Brownells probably does too, and other places. I just need to figure out which one would work best, and get me several of them.mr surveyor wrote:when I got my first R92 (.44 mag) in 2013, the first thing I tried to do was file the "steps" on the rear sight elevator to stop the silly jumping. Knowing the steps were rather large and the correction would be proportionately large when adjusting, the thought hit me to dig trough my small stash of stuff and find another remedy. I found an older Daisy pellet rifle with a plastic elevator with about twice the adjustment steps, and all very sharp/crisp. It worked perfectly on the .44 mag and stayed until I later mounted a Weaver scout scope. In late 2015 I traded for a .357 R92, shot it one time to prove it worthy of spending the time and effort, then stripped it down and did the basic redneck smoothing and refinished the wood. It got the plastic Daisy pellet rifle elevator installed before the first real range trip. It's a whole lot more positive than the poorly cut/designed Rossi elevator and has some really efficient adjustment capability.
Guess I got lucky with that ordeal.
jd