I've got K-38, 5 inch,(made 1946) ,with rear notch sight. I like the way the gun handles but I cant handle the thin rear notch, being use to the wide adjustable on my model 19. Is the Wondersight capable of being lowered enough to sight at 25 yards??
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Yes it will.
joel, it sounds like you have a Military & Police, not a K-38, as a K-38 would have an adjustable rear sight.
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In my case, no, it can't - at least on the only early M&P I have used one on. Best I could do was get it to shoot no better than 4" to 5" high at 25 yards. But it could be my specific gun. I really do like the sight picture however. I had to use a mental elevation adjustment to the sight picture.
I'm with DWalt on this. I just tried a Wondersight for the first time on my '05 3rd change in .32-20 on my lunch hour. The sight picture is much better than the .040" slot standard sight. It does shoot high though. I couldn't tell how much because I was plinking a bouncing ball rather than paper sights. Also, I found that the sight gets in the way when I reach for the hammer-spur in single action. I think it's a great idea that could use a quick trip back to the drawing-board.
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Wondersights have been around for a very long time, and I think they still might be made. However, if you don't have a 5-screw model having the upper sideplate Bug screw, you have to modify the frame to attach it. I wouldn't want to do that on a revolver having any collector value, but on a "Shooter" grade gun it would be OK. It would be nice if you could increase the front blade height a little, but I don't know how to do that.
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I used a WonderSight on a .455 HE 2nd and once I had the attaching screw snugged down properly it had enough adjustment to put me right on target. And yes, it was a much improved sight picture.
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OK, I'm in a speculative mood, so here goes. The FDL Wondersight™ is made for an old, long discontinued version of the S&W revolvers, the "five screw" models. If we take into consideration that most buyers of this proposed project would be the few remaining folk who have these guns and want to spend money on them for a Jerry-rigged "upgrade" we could modify the existing Wondersight™ a little bit to move the blade forward out of the way of the hammer spur... necessitating a somewhat higher mounting of said blade (even more so than current.) In order to deal with the now entirely too low front sight blade, we could make a front ramp style assembly that would straddle and completely cover the original, forged in, sight - base, blade, and all. This proposed device would be made in such a way that its screw(s) would either bear against the original base or perhaps squeeze the unit together onto the original sight.
Now all we have to do is find a very talented machinist or three with lots of free time and a bent for tilting at windmills and start them working. We could probably saturate the market with about a dozen sets of these sights, but I would buy at least one set if I could afford it... I have a 32-20 that would really benefit from a set.
Any takers?
Froggie
PS Now that I've done all of this thinking, I may have to go back and look into making just such a front sight myself... I'm on vacation from being retired, so I have as much free time as anyone!
Now all we have to do is find a very talented machinist or three with lots of free time and a bent for tilting at windmills and start them working. We could probably saturate the market with about a dozen sets of these sights, but I would buy at least one set if I could afford it... I have a 32-20 that would really benefit from a set.
Any takers?
Froggie
PS Now that I've done all of this thinking, I may have to go back and look into making just such a front sight myself... I'm on vacation from being retired, so I have as much free time as anyone!
I just bought mine last week. In fact, I bought two of them. The current manufacturer is Andrew Evans of Evans Presision Machining, or something like that, in Philomath, Oregon. They cost 38.00 each. They also have a patent pending stamp on them. Google wondersight, and you'll find them.
Have one on my 1917 and really like it. Larry
