I sent my 5.5" Bisley 45 colt in to Ruger to have them look at it. It was shooting very high and I had no more sight adjustment. Anyways I got it back today. The note that they sent says, "replaced mainspring, repaired throat". I had a custom mainspring in it as well as trigger spring. Basically they put factory on. So my first question is will this change trigger pull or just hammer pull? My second question is what throat? It doesn't say cylinder throats, it just says repair throat.
Question about Ruger repair
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If you return any firearm they made, Ruger will remove any aftermarket part(s) they find and replace them with stock ones. You may not like this but they're lawyers insist on it. I suspect it will affect the trigger pull, but until you receive and try it out you won't know if it's better or worse.
It remains to be seen, but I suspect they mean the cone at the rear of the barrel.
None of this seems to address your complaint. That said, how you hold the revolver and the particular load/cartridges can make a difference. To make it work in your hands and ammunition, get a lower rear sight blade or a higher front one. Maybe both.
It remains to be seen, but I suspect they mean the cone at the rear of the barrel.
None of this seems to address your complaint. That said, how you hold the revolver and the particular load/cartridges can make a difference. To make it work in your hands and ammunition, get a lower rear sight blade or a higher front one. Maybe both.
Are you possibly shooting off a rest? Shooting from a rest or a bench and allowing any part of the gun to contact the bench or rest can cause it to shoot high. Grip the gun in a two-hand hold and rest the wrists (not the gun) on a sandbag rest and see how it does.
Old Fuff is right on Ruger replacing after-market parts with factory parts. If they return the gun with someone else's parts and something happens, they could be sued for something over which they have no control because the Ruger name is on the gun.
Jim
Old Fuff is right on Ruger replacing after-market parts with factory parts. If they return the gun with someone else's parts and something happens, they could be sued for something over which they have no control because the Ruger name is on the gun.
Jim
It just seems like the further back from target I go the higher it shoots. I was hoping that they would do something. Hopefully it will shoot better. I don't want to sell the gun, because it's a somewhat hard to find model, but I don't look at em', I Shoot em'.
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You need a taller front sight. Takes about 5 minutes to remove the old one and silver solder the new one on.
Unfortunately one would have to be fabricated. Ruger says that this is the highest front sight the have and all the other aftermarket ones say "except 45 colt".
CraigC
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Ruger often installs a front sight that is too short. I don't know what part they use on the 5.5" but the blade for the 4 5/8" .45 should be the tallest.
Firstly, no silver soldering is necessary for a taller front sight. The gun in question is stainless and they are pinned in place. All you would need is a taller blade. Any gunsmith worth his salt can fabricate a sight blade.
A heavier hammer spring will affect the trigger pull.
I have never experienced a point of impact shift when going from the bench to off-hand. That is, resting the crook where the barrel meets the frame on sandbags, resting the forearms and floating the butt.
Firstly, no silver soldering is necessary for a taller front sight. The gun in question is stainless and they are pinned in place. All you would need is a taller blade. Any gunsmith worth his salt can fabricate a sight blade.
A heavier hammer spring will affect the trigger pull.
I have never experienced a point of impact shift when going from the bench to off-hand. That is, resting the crook where the barrel meets the frame on sandbags, resting the forearms and floating the butt.
Well I shot it today. I was shooting more consistent, but still high. When I got home I noticed that now the rear sight was straight as opposed to sitting left when I sent it. Also it was no longer screwed all the way down. I adjusted the sight down all the way and shot my last 8 rounds at a coffee can that was about 30 Yds away. I made it dance. I'm not quite sure what the hell they did, but it worked. The guy from Ruger said something about the throat being the forcing cone. He said it could have had a burr or something that was throwing the shot off. I'm gonna get some more rounds for it and shoot some more. If I have the same luck I will be very happy.
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