Legit Gun Question

[The Arapaho Kid]

Ok....it appears I'm gonna have to put a new front sight on my Colt Lightning.  The blade on it is a little short and that tosses the rounds high.  I don't know whether to get just a new blade, or a whole new sight?  I gotta do one, or the other.  So the question here is.....is the someplace where I can get these things?  Either a blade, or a whole new front sight?  I would think these would be available somewhere?

[Big John Denny]

Kid, do me a favor and read my topic on the Shooter's Forum on how to determine the height of a front sight to correct shooting errors high and low. It's real simple to figure out, but if you have any problems, just e-mail or PM me. I will be out until Saturday evening, but could answer you then.

It's no big deal to change the blade on your existing sight, and I can tell you how. I do it all the time on muzzle loading rifles and muskets.

[The Arapaho Kid]

The second part of this is....I was told by someone (and I think he was woofin' me!)  That if I raised my back sight up a notch, or two...that would lower my round hits on the target.  When I take a perfect sight picture with my Lightning and squeeze them off...they strike about an inch above the bull.  I really don't think raising my back sight will bring them down.......will it?

[Capt. John Fitzgerald]

Kid,
You are right.  Raising the rear sight will NOT lower the POI, it will raise it even further.
CJF

[The Arapaho Kid]

Kid,
You are right.  Raising the rear sight will NOT lower the POI, it will raise it even further.
CJF

That's what I kinda figured!  So.....this guy was woofin me, or he just didn't know what he was talking about!  So the bottom line here is....I gotta get a new, taller blade for the front sight, ot just replace the whole front sight.  Now...where in the cobb can you find those?

[Badlands Walker]

Kid, it sounds to me like the gun is no good anymore.  Might I suggest you buy a new one & just send that old thing to me!

[The Arapaho Kid]

Kid, it sounds to me like the gun is no good anymore.  Might I suggest you buy a new one & just send that old thing to me!

Concho:  The gun, itself, is ok.  It shoots well.  I just got to get a new front sight on it that's a little taller so I can bring my points of impact down onto the bull.  Right now with a perfect sight picture (bull sitting on the front post) the rounds are hitting about an inch above the bull.  If I take a low 6 (Kentucky down windage) with white showing above the post...they go in the bull.