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Old 12-25-2014, 04:07 PM
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So on almost all of my hand guns (S&W 3rd gen and M&P's) I have finely tuned "tweeked" them by adjusting and taping the rear sights until I get the exact center grouping I want. Do you guys often do the same? I had someone tell me that every gun is sighted in at the factory and I know damn well its not. That would substantially raise the cost.
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Old 12-25-2014, 04:14 PM
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I adjust all of my sights (that are adjustable) to get the correct hit. Why would you not?

Now my heavy duty's (fixed sights) I tend to adjust grip or load to get them close and then Kentucky windage them in.
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Old 12-25-2014, 04:14 PM
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If a gun is sighted in at the factory, its close but not perfect. Every bodies eyesight is different, different people have different dominant eyes, some are right handed and some are left. My brother and I are both good shots but we both use a completely different sight picture. If you purchase a new gun you have to tweak it for your needs.
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Old 12-25-2014, 04:38 PM
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So long as it is minute of goblin left/right at 10-15 yards I'm not that fussed with most handguns. I have European handguns that drive my friends nuts because they want to use a six o'clock hold, and those guns are sighted for a dead on hold. It's only 3-4" at 10 yards but it really rankles some folks, apparently.
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Sights? What is this "sights" of which you speak to me?
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Old 12-25-2014, 05:34 PM
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I have an allen wrench and a small screw driver in my range bag for just that reason.
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Old 12-25-2014, 06:05 PM
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I adjust mine to the load I typically carry. I prefer POA=POI at 25 yards.
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So on almost all of my hand guns (S&W 3rd gen and M&P's) I have finely tuned "tweeked" them by adjusting and taping the rear sights until I get the exact center grouping I want. Do you guys often do the same? I had someone tell me that every gun is sighted in at the factory and I know damn well its not. That would substantially raise the cost.
Every time I buy a new/used handgun, I sight it in with the ammunition which I will be using. If the POI of the group center is not the POA, I make an adjustment to the sights. It is no different that if I were sighting in a rifle. I check to find the load that will give the best accuracy, etc., then I adjust the sights to get the best results on the range or in the woods and field.
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Old 12-25-2014, 06:33 PM
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Honestly---I rarely target shoot.
I have always been a shoot at the spot I am looking at shooter (point shooter).
It is quicker, easier and my shooting is better than aiming.
Now, if your barrel is warped !!!!
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I have adjustable sights, I adjust them.
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Same here Nitrous. I want my pistols to shoot POA/POI at 25 yards. When needed, I adjust the rear sights for windage to achieve that. I rarely get a fixed sight gun that shoots to that POA/POI for me. I also install the proper height front sight to correct elevation almost as often. I much prefer low mounted adjustable rear sights that provide a sight picture similar to the old Bomars. Makes my life a lot easier. I have read posts about how adjustable sights are fragile, will get knocked out of alignment,etc, during rough use/combat. I get it, but have carried adjustable sighted handguns that did see some rough use. No sights were ever damaged enough to make them unusable. But if they had been, the gun would still be functional. I guess I've not been in the rough tough combat that so many on the internet have experienced;-)

BTW, I know many may think that pistols are sighted in at the factory. Not so much. With a new pistol design, testing is done to produce sight dimensions that the engineers believe will be in the ballpark for most shooters using common ammo. If all goes well, QC will insure that production guns are in spec. This is "close enough" for many,I suspect most, handgun shooters. Even if cost were not a factor, and the factory employed the world's finest champion shooter to sight in each and every pistol, for each and every buyer, using the ammo specified by that buyer, it would still not be possible to sight in your handgun for you. That is unless you were just plain lucky, and/or lighting, range conditions, wind,etc. were the same as yours and your shooting stance, sight picture, grip, trigger press, etc, was exactly the same as that champion shooter who "sighted in" your pistol. How about a machine rest? That really won't work either. It won't shoot to the same POA/POI as a human, again, unless you just luck out. I realize I'm in the minority of pistol shooters. But I've always preferred a handgun to be sighted in so that I know where the round will impact if I do my part, without having to figure "Kentucky windage" in what may be a stressful situation and, that if/when I miss, it's my fault........ymmv
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I adjust ALL of my adjustable sight guns to shoot the best they are capable of. That's why they are adjustable and drift-able.

I am pretty lucky in that all my fixed sight guns are actually pretty darn close and have not needed any tweaking.
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Old 12-25-2014, 08:34 PM
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I shoot the gun and see where it hits
then I adjust my point of aim,
gun shooting high right I aim low left, ect.
but you do see where I a from
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All my adjustable site handguns have been adjusted for the ammo I use.

Since I shoot the same ammo for all purposes (in each caliber) and have for many years, once adjusted I'm done.
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I adjust 'em all...even the non adjustable ones.

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Old 12-26-2014, 01:49 AM
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Doggone it, Nitrous, you figured us out. Now we gotta find some other mystery to hold over you young guys' heads....
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Now my heavy duty's (fixed sights) I tend to adjust grip or load to get them close and then Kentucky windage them in.
Fixed sights should be adjusted for windage. Its just as important as sighting in the adjustable sights. Its done (carefully!) with a special file, which is available from Brownells:

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Old 12-26-2014, 04:04 AM
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Since vitually all my shooting is single action I want my guns to shoot
to point of aim. I adjust all of them, both adjustable sight models and
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As a not very bright old timer I adjust all mine. Most of the young ens I know don't have any idea how to make adjustments and they leave theirs at the factory setting.
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Fixed sights should be adjusted for windage. Its just as important as sighting in the adjustable sights. Its done (carefully!) with a special file, which is available from Brownells:

I've also had factory trained armorers explain to me how to make adjustments on fixed sight revolvers with a lead bar. As was taught them at the S&W factory. But kids, don't try this at home.
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