New to forum and already asking questions from Georgia

[Journey]

Welcome to the forum from another Georgia shooter and collector. Bought a nice looking 48 few years ago but when shooting always shot to left even with sight all the way right. Removed rear sight, installed red dot mount and now is very nice shooter. Red dots are easier with old eyes.

Nice pick up! I've Been looking for one of them but they don't pop very often. And when they do they don't last long. Good luck on finding a rear sight. Enjoy that nice vintage S&W!

I am in the ATL suburbs.

I found a sight at Numeric.

 

[Journey]

Nice pick up! I've Been looking for one of them but they don't pop very often. And when they do they don't last long. Good luck on finding a rear sight. Enjoy that nice vintage S&W!

I found one at Numeric

 

[Journey]

I am in the ATL suburbs.

I'm glad I'm in the country. I twice lived in Atlanta.

 

[Journey]

Once you have the correct body installed fire it with the sight all the way down. If it shoots high you need a shorter sight blade. If it shoots low run the sight up 4 full turns, If it is still low you need a higher rear sight blade.

When you install a new blade DON'T stake the windage screw until you check out how it shoots to elevation. Once staked the windage screw is hard to save for reuse and adds to the cost, at Midway a blade is $5-6+ and a blade and screw is $13.20. At Numerich the blades or screws are $13+ each

The .146 height sight blade is about the middle of the road. .086 is the lowest for K,L,N frames and .190 the tallest

Here is a chart that says a 6" model 48 takes a .146 rear blade. Click on it to enlarge

TNX I'll save this for future use

 

[Journey]

Welcome from Hot 'Lanta. There are a lot of 48's that are mis-marked. I have a couple of them. -2' that is a -4 and vice versa. Makes a big difference with the location of the rear sight leaf screw.

I hope it's right. It's flat front tang and 1 15/16" to hole.