elenius Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 On my Kimber Stainless II (not target sight model), I installed a dawson precision adjustable rear sight, and their .180 tall fiber optic front sight. It shoots 3-4" high at 25 yards with the rear sight all the way down. I am thinking that a taller front sight is the solution. Dawson has a .245 tall "rimfire" front sight. Would that be way too tall? Is there any other brand that works in the Kimber front sight cut that is a good height? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
open17 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Try here to figure out what you need for a front. Several formulas and videos address the sight height issue. http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/cid=365/k=/t=0/guntech/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elenius Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) Thanks for that! So according to this: http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/lid=11181/g...ne_Sight_Height With a 6.75" sight radius, I need a 0.02625" higher front sight, in other words a 0.20625" tall sight. According to my further calculations, a .200" tall front will hit 0.833" high. What I really need is a .210" front and then I can adjust with the rear sight. Sigh, I've never seen one of those. OR, I can get a .245 front sight, and adjust the rear sight (.245 - .20625 = ) 0.03875" up. Hmm, bringing out the calipers to see if that's possible... EDIT: Yep, not a problem at all Edited October 13, 2009 by elenius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 If you're using a solid front sight, you can get the taller front sight and slowly and carefully file the sight to the desired hight and width. A touch of gun-kote flat black, install, and GTG. Go slow, measure after every file stroke, keep the top perpendicular to the sides. It's a fairly cheap piece to work on so if it goes to crap, you can toss it and learn from the experience, and start over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elenius Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 Ugh, I just found out that the .245" sight only fits on the .22 kimbers Where the heck do I find a front sight around .210"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjanglin Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Use one of the sight blanks brownells sells , cut it down a little at a time, then if ya need a fiber optic= cut a slit in it leaveing enough room say 70 thousands and drill the sight with a 1/16 or smaller drill and put in the fiber. Jim/Pa Sailors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawsonprecision Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Call us we'll fix you up Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belus Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Four and half hours, wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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