I am in the process of acquiring a 629-2 Mountain Revolver. It has a .296 ramped front sight with no insert cut out. I would like to put a tritium night sight on the front blade. I suppose my options are to have someone make a cut out for a front ramp and get a meprolight tritium insert, however I am worried about getting the cut just right, or I could get on custom made by Dawson Precision. They make a Partridge profiled pin in front sight. What height should I get? I believe a .305 is the closest blank they make. (The rear appears to be bottomed out now).
Thanks,
Oscar Zulu

I suggest you shoot it with the ammo you intend to shoot most and see where you are at say 25 yards or at a distance you will be using it most, to see where it is shooting. A bottomed out rear sight tells me the gun shoots high with the current front sight and ammo being used. You may want something different.

Once you know where the POI is in relation to the POA, you can decide whether you need to change front sight heights, rear sight blade height or both.

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Richard Gillespie
FBINA 102

The dash 2 Mountain Revolver isn't getting any easier to find these days. I'd leave well enough alone and learn to shoot the gun as it's meant to. If you're not crazy about it I'm sure there are forum members that'd be glad to take it off your hands. I sure wouldn't start modifying a classic revolver like yours.

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Don't You Ever Wash That Thing

I shot it with the bottomed out front sight, and it was 6" low at 25 yards. So I will have a sight built as close as possible to the factory height. I will keep the original sight and grips to change it back to its original condition.
It is quite a handful with factory magnum 240 grain ammunition, but not bad at all with Speer Gold Dot 200 grain specials.

Have someone else shoot it before any alterations.

Instead of messing with the front sight,change the rear sight blade height to raise the impact point.

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NEVER GIVE UP YOUR GUN

Try some 200g Underwood Gold Dots. They shoot very well in mine.