Help with using Model 60 sights

[dganebay]

My new Model 60 has sights that I am not at all used to. It has the rear adjustable with the rather large front sight. Should the top of the front line up with the rear notch, or should some or all of the front sight be seen through the top of the rear notch. The front sight is quite large and slanted down toward the rear.

 

[dganebay]

My new Model 60 has sights that I am not at all used to. It has the rear adjustable with the rather large front sight. Should the top of the front line up with the rear notch, or should some or all of the front sight be seen through the top of the rear notch. The front sight is quite large and slanted down toward the rear.

 

[Texas Star]

Try holding the front sight level in the rear sight at closer ranges. Further out, you may need to hold up some front sight. This has been the case with every handgun that I've fired.

T-Star

 

[BUFF]

The "shark fin"-looking front sight blade on those looks, and is, so much taller than the front sight blade on a fixed sight M-60 for 2 reasons. First, the adjustable rear sight sits quite a bit higher than the top of the frame's topstrap, where the fixed rear sight trough and notch is machined, so the front has to be taller.

Second, there is a good bit of upward movement of the muzzle when the shot is fired, even before the bullet leaves the muzzle. This, the muzzle has to be pointing downward a bit so point-of-aim and point-of-impact can be brought together.

Like has been said, the correct sight picture is to line the top of the front sight blade up level with the top of the rear sight blade, while centering the front blade in the rear notch.

 

[dganebay]

Thanks to you both. I will use your suggestions at the range and advise.

 

[markmc]

I have a model 60 pro-you will be surprised how accurate they are-I like same sight picture as BUFF.