SW9VE Sighting question

[Joe Cool]

So I have had my gun for over a year. I love it, it has never had a FTF/FTE/FTL or any other issues. I have taken it to the local indoor range many times and I've always been fairly successful at putting the bullets where I want them to go.

This past weekend I went out to an outdoor wilderness area where some friends and I set up a bunch of clay pigeons to shoot. We probably set them anywhere from 20-40 yards away. There were four of us, all with varying degrees of experience.

Only two of us were able to pick off a few targets. It was the fellow with the most experience and myself. He remarked that perhaps the sights were off on my gun somehow. Now considering that the sights are non-adjustable (correct?) is that possible? Could my gun not be sighted properly? How would I go about doing this?

There was perhaps a light breeze, but nothing that I would imagine causing problems that close.

Thoughts, opinions, help, criticism, all greatly appreciated.

 

[Coop de Ville]

If your sights are lined up for you then they are fine. Were they off for him in elevation or windage?

-Coop

 

[OKFC05]

Here's how I would check your sights if I had your gun here.
I would set up a paper target at 10 yds (paper plate with a dot is fine).
Using a rest for my forearms (not the gun) I would fire a group of 5 using military sighting (sights level, expect bullet to hit at top of front sight).
First , it would have to be a group not a pattern. You can't sight a gun if you're jerking the gun all over the target. Continue practice until you can get a small group.
If the holes are touching or within an inch or so, I would measure how much the group is off the dot on the plate.
For horizontal displacement, tap the rear sight in the direction you want the bullets to move on the target.
The Sigma is not adjustable for elevation, except that light bullets tend to go lower and heavy higher.

If the sights are very close to the dot, they don't need adjusting for you to shoot at anything up to 40yds without holding over. You would be about a foot low at 100yds.
I always shoot my handguns at least once at 100yds to check for bullet stability, and to practice trigger control.

I have students who can't hit within a foot at 5 yds, and want to start cranking on the sights of my rental gun, but I tell them to leave the sights alone and concentrate on fundamentals. Amazing how much better the gun gets as the shooter learns to shoot correctly.

 

[airman]

The rear sight can get a little loose and can be driven with a punch and a mallet. Mine works best when it is centered. I just put some Loctite to the sides to hold it in place.