Cabela's had a one day sale a week back on 8" blued steel remington 1858 New Armies with adjustable sights - $250. I grabbed one and got it yesterday but the sights are too full. When lined up, the daylight on each side of the front sight is just about non-existent. I suppose i can correct it with a small square file. I want a sight pic like i have on my ROA.
Mildly displeased with the TARGET sights on my Pietta 1858
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Crawdad1
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I never liked the Pietta adjustable sight either. Had one in the 80's, bought it so my 'friends' wouldn't borrow my Second Generation '51 Navy Colt all the time. The back sight was difficult to tighten or adjust without becoming canted plus provided a horrible sight picture.
badkarmamib
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The one I bought in the '90's had a front sight that was soldered about 5-10 degrees off straight. Never could get it sighted in. Sold it. My new one has standard sights. I would have no reservations on opening up the rear sight, if that is all it needs.
Idaho shooter
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These sights, although adjustable, leave a lot to be desired. The elevation is not much easier to adjust than the windage Don't be afraid to take after it with a file, but make small adjustments, both sides, and touch up with blueing.after some work on the trigger, mine shoots quite well.
These sights, although adjustable, leave a lot to be desired. The elevation is not much easier to adjust than the windage Don't be afraid to take after it with a file, but make small adjustments, both sides, and touch up with blueing.after some work on the trigger, mine shoots quite well.
BCRider
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The guns I've got with "classic target shooting" all have or had minimal slits of daylight along the sides of the sight picture. So I don't know if what you got is a mistake or simply what it's intended to be.
Keep in mind too that the front blade gets visually smaller in the rear notch as the arms are extended. If you're shooting from a rest with your arms less than fully extended then you sure won't like the sight picture.
I'm not trying to make excuses for PIetta. Just suggesting that we may have preconceived notions about what is "right".
And in the end this is why God gave us metal working tools. Break out the little mini file and have at 'er! Touch up the silver spots with some touch up blue and go enjoy.
I'm a big fan of using a sharpening stone or a belt sander or even the flat side of a grinding wheel to remove one of the side edges or even the face teeth of such files to create "safe edges" on them for these sort of jobs. This makes such files so much more suitable for a wide array of little jobs similar to this.
Keep in mind too that the front blade gets visually smaller in the rear notch as the arms are extended. If you're shooting from a rest with your arms less than fully extended then you sure won't like the sight picture.
I'm not trying to make excuses for PIetta. Just suggesting that we may have preconceived notions about what is "right".
And in the end this is why God gave us metal working tools. Break out the little mini file and have at 'er! Touch up the silver spots with some touch up blue and go enjoy.
I'm a big fan of using a sharpening stone or a belt sander or even the flat side of a grinding wheel to remove one of the side edges or even the face teeth of such files to create "safe edges" on them for these sort of jobs. This makes such files so much more suitable for a wide array of little jobs similar to this.
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