I got a Colt Python that has a barrel that likes to turn. If I swing the cylinder out, I can start to unscrew the barrel. It was rebarreled from a 6" to a 4" sometime in the mid 70's, but it's all Colt. And it ain't a new problem. Seems to me it could happen with many fine guns.

Feels like I'm the odd man out here.
I've never had a front sight, bead or shotgun rib off kilter so much that it was noticeable like other guys.
Or, I've been very lucky in my gun buys.

Maybe my gun stash has been too small to reflect the numbers you guys have owned. Which is entirely possible. I never did have a large amount of $$ on hand to dedicate to gun buying.
Almost all of my most recent acquisitions have been guns I've won in competitions.

I do not recall ever seeing a new gun, or even an older one that had the sights screwed up! Needing zero? Yes.I have "loaded" M1A that is zeroed at 400 yards, and the front sight is shifted to the right (seem from behind the gun) a fair amount. It has national match sights, etc etc. I was tempted to just install a decent scope on it, but ended up not doing so because I did/do not trust the mounting system for a scope. Looks kind of flimsy to me.

Makes it easier to shoot sideways, Gangsta Style.

quote:

Skeeter Skelton used to twist the barrel on his revolvers to correct for windage,

about 40 years ago I acquired a pristine nickled 5 1/2" Colt Scout 22. It was spectacular and made the most wonderful little cluster of tiny holes out to about 40 yards. The only cosmetic flaw, was the front sight blade was tilted a few obvious degrees. Still, it was a marvelous POA/POI plinker.

My local 'smith final talked me into having him rotate the barrel back to 'upright square' etc.....

I never did manage to shoot the thing very well after that. The previous owner bought it back, and he complained he was unable to hit anything either.

quote:

Originally posted by wrightd:

quote:

Originally posted by Warhorse:

quote:

Originally posted by wrightd:

quote:

Originally posted by cparktd:

quote:

Originally posted by cas:
They also make them all blurry now too.

Yes, I noticed that as well...

You guys are hopelessly incorrigible and irredeemable, I swear.

But...they speak the truth!

No they aren't, just blind old codgers giving a younger man a hard time.

Don't trash us old farts. Your day will come and there is nothing you can do to stop it.

I guess I'm lucky because the rifles that I own with iron sights all seem the be centered. I tend to scope my rifles now that I'm up in years and need the added clarity.

Jim

Here's my new Gen5 G34, notice the rear sight was off to the right, as reported by some that the factory was sending them out this way on purpose, maybe they are, to correct the low left glock issue.

Note it has the factory blurry front sight installed as well..

That rear sight looks broken. Why the gap on the left side?

It's something I pay close attention to when looking at used guns, where the rear sight is. I've passed on a couple that I REALLY wanted, but didn't want to risk it that it was the shooter and not the gun. 20+ years later I'm still beating myself up over not taking a chance on a particular one.

I had an M14S that the barrel wasn't clocked right. I have a S&W 657 with an 8" barrel that is ever so slightly off, so the rear sight favors one side and it drives me crazy. But I don't think it's bad enough that S&W would do anything.

I had a Ruger Vaquero that was VERY off. I believe the frame was cast out of spec. Two trips to back to Ruger, re-crowning, barrel turning, sight bending, nothing fixed the problem. But I refused to drop that dog on someone else, so I kept throwing money at it. I paid to have adjustable sights put on it. It worked, and when you shot and held a sight picture, you couldn't tell there was an issue. It shot well, accurate to POA, but if you held it up you could see how much the sight leaned. It soured me so to the gun that I sold it for what I had in the base gun. I lost a LOT on that one, time and effort in my own work (round butting it, removing the barrel markings, action work,) and the time and expense of the sight work. It would've lost half as much if I'd just cut it up in pieces and thrown it away from the get go.