The Freeholder
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I throw myself on the mercy of the board...
I have a Springfield 1911 Stainless Loaded. I've ran about 400 rounds through it so far. My problem is that, I shoot consistently low, 8+" at just about every range from 10-25 yards (targets are 8" steel knockdowns). I've tried the standard 6 o'clock hold and a center of target hold with no real difference. Highly frustrating when you're just trying to learn the gun.
I keep thinking the problem is the Novak sights--I seem to have a hard time getting the picture right. I just can't seem to get the sights to focus. First try was new glasses (needed them anyway). Helped a bit, maybe. I've added red (Testor's model paint, if it matters) to the front sight in an attempt to improve the contrast. Didn't help.
I had a friend who is a pretty good pistol shot try it this weekend, and on the first magazine he went 6 of 7. I also had him watch me for flinch or other issues; he didn't see anything. He hypothesized that maybe I was having some issue with the weight of the pistol casuing me to "droop".
I have 3 other pistols, 2 .22s and a 9mm with 3 dot sights. Shooting them, I'm usually hitting the same targets 80+% of the time.
I'm considering a couple of things to try. First is touching a little of the red paint to the very top of the rear sight in an attempt to give me enough contrast to see the rear sight better. I seem to have a problem getting the top of it aligned with the top of the front sight. That black rear sight just seems to disappear in my vision.
Second is changing the sights. Novak has 3 dot replacements in either white or tritium. It looks like an easy swap, drift out the old and drift in the new, but I'm concerned that I'll not get them aligned properly and just compound the problem. Novak installs for a pretty reasonable price--does anyone know how the accuracy would be? You just send the slide, so they can't test fire.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
I have a Springfield 1911 Stainless Loaded. I've ran about 400 rounds through it so far. My problem is that, I shoot consistently low, 8+" at just about every range from 10-25 yards (targets are 8" steel knockdowns). I've tried the standard 6 o'clock hold and a center of target hold with no real difference. Highly frustrating when you're just trying to learn the gun.
I keep thinking the problem is the Novak sights--I seem to have a hard time getting the picture right. I just can't seem to get the sights to focus. First try was new glasses (needed them anyway). Helped a bit, maybe. I've added red (Testor's model paint, if it matters) to the front sight in an attempt to improve the contrast. Didn't help.
I had a friend who is a pretty good pistol shot try it this weekend, and on the first magazine he went 6 of 7. I also had him watch me for flinch or other issues; he didn't see anything. He hypothesized that maybe I was having some issue with the weight of the pistol casuing me to "droop".
I have 3 other pistols, 2 .22s and a 9mm with 3 dot sights. Shooting them, I'm usually hitting the same targets 80+% of the time.
I'm considering a couple of things to try. First is touching a little of the red paint to the very top of the rear sight in an attempt to give me enough contrast to see the rear sight better. I seem to have a problem getting the top of it aligned with the top of the front sight. That black rear sight just seems to disappear in my vision.
Second is changing the sights. Novak has 3 dot replacements in either white or tritium. It looks like an easy swap, drift out the old and drift in the new, but I'm concerned that I'll not get them aligned properly and just compound the problem. Novak installs for a pretty reasonable price--does anyone know how the accuracy would be? You just send the slide, so they can't test fire.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?