TriggerMan
Well-Known Member
I made a post last week about wanting to get back in to hog hunting. I wanted to recreate a combo I used with great success back in the 80s which consisted of a 44 Mag lever action rifle and a 44 Mag 4" revolver. I purchased a 4" Colt Anaconda revolver.
I played with the revolver at home for a few days before finally getting it the range yesterday. It wasn't until I got to the range, loaded it up and got ready to fire that I noticed the rear sight was adjusted as far to the right as it could go without falling out. I thought to myself that this was odd but adjusted the sight to dead center before firing my first shots. Shooting freehand at 15 yds the impacts were roughly 8" high and 20" to the left. I fired a second cylinder full of ammo with the same results. I then fired two additional cylinders from a pistol rest. These 12 rounds impacted the same area as shooting freehand.
I adjusted the rear sight back to its maximum right side adjustment and made a height adjustment as well. I fired another 12 rounds. Height was spot on but windage was still about 10" left of target firing from a pistol rest placed on a sturdy table.
I'm baffled. Did Colt sight this pistol in knowing it was shooting so far to the left that they moved the rear sight as far possible to the right, threw it in the box and said fk it? From what I can tell just looking at the pistol everything is aligned properly. Everything seems to function properly. There is no damage to the bore or crown. The barrel is aligned and timed with the frame properly. Could it be the ammo? I'm going to go back to the range tomorrow with different ammo and shoot it again. I am baffled. I have never experienced anything like this.
Including a few pictures of the rear sight and it's adjustment notches. Notice the 3 dots and where they are set in comparison to the reference dot on the sight. This is how the pistol came sighted from colt.
I played with the revolver at home for a few days before finally getting it the range yesterday. It wasn't until I got to the range, loaded it up and got ready to fire that I noticed the rear sight was adjusted as far to the right as it could go without falling out. I thought to myself that this was odd but adjusted the sight to dead center before firing my first shots. Shooting freehand at 15 yds the impacts were roughly 8" high and 20" to the left. I fired a second cylinder full of ammo with the same results. I then fired two additional cylinders from a pistol rest. These 12 rounds impacted the same area as shooting freehand.
I adjusted the rear sight back to its maximum right side adjustment and made a height adjustment as well. I fired another 12 rounds. Height was spot on but windage was still about 10" left of target firing from a pistol rest placed on a sturdy table.
I'm baffled. Did Colt sight this pistol in knowing it was shooting so far to the left that they moved the rear sight as far possible to the right, threw it in the box and said fk it? From what I can tell just looking at the pistol everything is aligned properly. Everything seems to function properly. There is no damage to the bore or crown. The barrel is aligned and timed with the frame properly. Could it be the ammo? I'm going to go back to the range tomorrow with different ammo and shoot it again. I am baffled. I have never experienced anything like this.
Including a few pictures of the rear sight and it's adjustment notches. Notice the 3 dots and where they are set in comparison to the reference dot on the sight. This is how the pistol came sighted from colt.