Regulating windage.
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Hondo44
Hawkeye
That's the last way I'd ever suggest correction.
Questions:
What gun; a Vaquero with blade front sight?
Have you confirmed the front blade is perfectly vertical? If yes move on to the rear sight for adjustment.
Carefully filing the right side of the rear sight notch is the most professional, easiest, and non-invasive way to correct.
Use a thin flat file with a safe side against the bottom of the notch. Do it at the range so you can test fire to check the progress.
Wrap the file with very fine grit (1500) paper to remove file marks. Touch up with cold blue.
Questions:
What gun; a Vaquero with blade front sight?
Have you confirmed the front blade is perfectly vertical? If yes move on to the rear sight for adjustment.
Carefully filing the right side of the rear sight notch is the most professional, easiest, and non-invasive way to correct.
Use a thin flat file with a safe side against the bottom of the notch. Do it at the range so you can test fire to check the progress.
Wrap the file with very fine grit (1500) paper to remove file marks. Touch up with cold blue.
3” at fifteen yards sounds strange for a quality pistol. If it is not a quality name brand pistol, you may never get it to hit right.
Often we are not holding the gun in a proper grip, and resort to adjusting the sights instead of adjusting our grip. My first suggestion would be adjust your grip (that is, adjust the way you hold the pistol), to ascertain if that’s the problem. Rotate your pistol butt in your palm slightly in one direction. If you are hitting closer to your target bullseye, then rotate slightly in the same direction to get even closer to the bullseye. If the shot is getting farther away from the bullseye you are shifting in the wrong direction. If this is getting nowhere, take a friend with you and see if he can hit the bullseye. If he cannot, then you might consider making adjustments to the sights. If you start messing with the sights first, you can hurt the value of the pistol if you ever want to sell or trade it.
What pistol brand, model, and caliber are you asking about? If I knew that, I might be able to be more specific on hold.
contender
Ruger Guru
Excellent info above.
A proper grip is paramount. But if adjustment is necessary, the rear sight filing is the way to go.
I can only offer that you get a friend who knows how to shoot to shoot it to see if it's the gun or the shooter.
Even as experienced as I am,, I do that before ANY permanent modifications to a gun. I once had member "sixshot" test a Vaquero for me. I didn't tell him what I was getting. But after he shot a one ragged hole group at 25 yds,, he tried to buy the Vaquero even though he too got the group low & left. He still wants the gun. But it shoots to the center now.
A proper grip is paramount. But if adjustment is necessary, the rear sight filing is the way to go.
I can only offer that you get a friend who knows how to shoot to shoot it to see if it's the gun or the shooter.
Even as experienced as I am,, I do that before ANY permanent modifications to a gun. I once had member "sixshot" test a Vaquero for me. I didn't tell him what I was getting. But after he shot a one ragged hole group at 25 yds,, he tried to buy the Vaquero even though he too got the group low & left. He still wants the gun. But it shoots to the center now.
I had a barrel that wasn't installed perfectly with the front sight at 12 o'clock, it was a couple of degrees off, and hard to perceive (3" barrel). That was enough to through it off enough that the adjustable sight had to be cranked all the way to the side to get close to the bullseye at 10 yards.
Might want to have that checked by a gunsmith.
Might want to have that checked by a gunsmith.
You can send your target and info and gun to Ruger and they can adjust it. If you bend and break it, you’ll be sending it to them anyway. I’ve regulated windage on my Vaqueros by laying the front sight blade flat against a hockey puck and hitting the barrel with a rubber hammer. I cover the barrel so it doesn’t marr the finish. Easier to regulate windage first, then elevation last. I’ve had several Vaqueros and some need windage adjustment and some don’t. For the ones that do, I could look over the barrel and see the barrel is over- or under-clocked. You’d think they use a jig or something to get it perfect from the factory, but sometimes they’re all over the place. I cherish the few that are perfect right out of the box. All have the same grips and me as the shooter and firing from a rest at 13 yards each time. Before you adjust it, just be sure you’re pulling straight back on the trigger, because it’s a lot of trial-and-error work and risk.
GunnyGene
Hawkeye
I need to move my point of impact 3 inches right at 15 yards. Can I bend the front sight a red hair to the left?
Are you shooting from a solid rest? If not, you should be before making any changes to the sights. Make sure there is no cant, and the sights properly lined up and not effected by any torque at the instant of firing - don't blink. If it still shoots right, then you can consider doing something with the sights as discussed by other replies.
Are you shooting from a solid rest? If not, you should be before making any changes to the sights. Make sure there is no cant, and the sights properly lined up and not effected by any torque at the instant of firing - don't blink. If it still shoots right, then you can consider doing something with the sights as discussed by other replies.
