Detlef Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 ah, familiar looking (remember?). How did you finish the stage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoliver Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 How does one break off a front sight like that? Banged it on a prop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Erik, why don't you just put a grove down the top of the slide, like the mod. 10 S&W, nothing to break & so-so accuracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 Detlef, you did the same thing, didn't you? (First Bend nationals?) I never touched a prop, it just disappeared. I somehow came out of that stage without penalties, just a little slow. I'll start twisting the arm of Gary at Caspian to forge a slab slide with integral sights. Adjust point of impact with a mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Try something like the TIKI-T deal from SVI Of course that means that you have to admit that you won the lottery assuming they even make it anymore. Vlad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 And you will know him by the trail of dead sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Mine was brand new and had never touched anything. I on the other hand, touched Erik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wide45 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I on the other hand, touched Erik. eeeeuuuwww... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjanglin Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Are ya all forceing the sight in place possible if it is under stress by pushing/pounding in place -Ive found over the years that adj sights tend to break no matter whose sight if it is forced in-should just tap in place with a piece of aluminum or a brass punch and held in place with a dimpled set screw. Jim Anglin Sailors custom Pistols Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted July 3, 2005 Author Share Posted July 3, 2005 My Heinie rear sight came loose today (on Outer Limits, yikes!). Since my RecoilMaster broke a couple weeks ago, I've been using a tungsten guide rod and 13# or so spring. A few practice sessions and ~400 rounds of 174 PF at the Linea de Fuego match. It's just uncanny that something happens to my rear sight without a RecoilMaster in the gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 I am convinced that you are beating the crap out of your guns with your load/slide weight/springs...whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfs Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 The thought of sights breaking off the slide is a symptom of another more serious problem, such as a very light recoil spring. According to Wolff Q & A, if the shells eject between three to six feet from where you stand, then, you are using the right recoil spring for a particular load. If the shells eject more than six feet, then the recoil spring may be too light for that load. If the shells are ejecting less than three feet, then, the spring may be too heavy for that load. I used a Bo-Mar rear sight for my Springfield 1911, and haven't encountered any problems with them. Chip McCormick rear sight, part no. 80046 might be worth looking into. I had it on my Norinco 1911, and never had any problem with it. I paired it with their front sight, part no. 80045, and they were an effective combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoliver Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 I think it's a sign that you should start learning to shoot the gun without a rear sight. That or weld the dang thing on the slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 I am convinced that you are beating the crap out of your guns with your load/slide weight/springs...whatever. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not me. Stock SVI Tri-top slide, 14 lb (and new at the time my sight broke) spring. Funny thing is, I had about 30K on the gun with a Bomar sight with no problems. I had the gun hard chromed and when I put it back together I decided to go with a Wilson sight because I was concerned about the Bomar breaking. The Wilson lasted 5 months and died at the Nationals, of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPatterson Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 MURPHY'S LAW If anything can go wrong, it will. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. Corollary: If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then. If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway. If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop. Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. Nature always sides with the hidden flaw. Mother nature is a bitch. The Murphy Philosophy Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse. Quantization Revision of Murphy's Laws Everything goes wrong all at once. Murphy's Constant Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value. This sums up everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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