JEC, how did this turn out. Which sight from Dawson did you buy? I bought the .185 since I followed their measurement suggestion, but it is not tall enough. My rear sight is bottomed out and I am still much too hight.

I thinking of the .200 sight next myself, but figured I would see how your project turned out and get your experience before I bought another sight.

Thanks
Scott

 

JEC, how did this turn out. Which sight from Dawson did you buy? I bought the .185 since I followed their measurement suggestion, but it is not tall enough. My rear sight is bottomed out and I am still much too hight.

I thinking of the .200 sight next myself, but figured I would see how your project turned out and get your experience before I bought another sight.

Thanks
Scott

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Sorry guys, things didn't turn out; the gun was stolen before I could buy a new sight.

 

No worries. My .185 Dawson sight shoots 3 inches high at 20 yards.

I just ordered the .230 according to the calculator.. will see how it goes. I will post the results here.

Hope I did it right or another 30 bucks I burned. Hahah


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With the .185" tall front sight, what is your point of aim to make it shoot 3" high? The standard sight on these pistols is .185" tall.

 

Yes.. I measured .185 on my pistol 's OEM front sight too. That's why I bought the .185 from Dawson in the first place. But it shoots 3 inches high from my point of aim (center of target) with my rear sight in the middle of adjustment range. I am using the red dot from the fiber of the sight of course. Not the top edge of the sight.

I used the calculator from the Dawson web site and followed their direction. We will see how it goes.

 

Ok. I finally was able to try my new Dawson sight today. This is the .230 version. I can definitely get my groups centered to the target with the .230. But it does take a few more clicks with the rear sight than I prefer. I think I am at 15 clicks from fully bottomed out.

I am thinking the .220 would have been better. Maybe... just maybe the .210.

I am going to live with it for a little bit and see how it goes.

 

Interesting.......I've purchased the Dawson .185" sight but don't have it yet. Parts are hard to get up here and take a while to arrive. I'll post my results when I have it set up. I wasn't having any issues with mine shooting high with the stock front sight, so we'll see.

 

It will be interesting to see your results. I may not have been shooting quite as high if I was using a 6 o'clock hold. But when I put the red dot on the center of the target, I was definitely high.

It will be interesting to see if your pistol behaves the same. Or if it was just mine.

 

So.... how did it go with your pistol 824??

 

The Dawson sight hasn't come yet. Typically takes 2 months for firearm parts from the U.S. to arrive. When I have the pistol set up I'll post pic's and a range report.

 

Get your front sight yet ?
I pickup my Colt 1911-22 Gold Cup tomorrow morning and I'm already thinking of replacing the front sight with a fiber optic .

 

Wow.. that's a long time. Thanks.

 

Not yet. Trust me, when I have it installed I'll post a full range report.

 

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It took almost 3 months, but I received the Dawson front sight today. I have it installed already (it was very easy) and the red locktite is setting. I'll have the pistol to the range on Sunday and give a full range report. For anyone interested here's some pic's on the installation:
1) Use the provided Walther allen wrench to loosen the front sight grub screw. My pistol came with a plastic baggy that contains the barrel thread protector wrench and 2 allen wrenches. The smallest allen wrench is for the front sight grub screw. Once loosened, my sight required a light push to remove it. I removed it from left to right.
2) The Dawson sight goes on from right to left and fit snug to about 1/2 way on. Just a couple of light taps with the Dawson provided tool to seat it half way in the dovetail. I dabbed some red locktite on the bottom of the front sight before tapping it home. There are 2 grub screws in the Dawson sight, just use the provided allen wrench to snug them up and thats it. Before starting I used a red sharpie to mark the centre of the slide. For anyone wondering, there are complete detailed instructions provided by Dawson and this was a very easy installation.

 

Nice instructions. :bthumb:

Mine was loose. Didn't have to tap it at all. (would have preferred to have it tighter.. but so far it seems to stay put)

Hope you get to the range with it soon. :Blasting_:gun4:

 

I have my pistol sighted in. Only took 1 click of the windage adjustment to centre the group. Target on right was using the centre of the bullseye as my point of aim, however I have all my pistols sighted in for a 6 o'clock hold and this pistol was set for a 6 o'clock hold with the standard .185" tall front sight. I did not touch the elevation adjustment. There may still be 1 click of elevation adjustment left on the rear sight. Target on the left is the best of the rest (of 150 rounds) using a 6 o'clock hold. I'm happy with the results. A taller front sight might be in order for a shooter who's point of aim is the centre of the bullseye. These targets shot at 20 yards. Something else that may help is to make the rear sight leaf a 2 dot. I used a white fine tip Sharpie paint pen and made my own. It certainly helps.
Edit to add: sorry the pic's are sideways, I've tried fixing it to no avail.

 

Nice. I use center target hold instead of 6 o'clock. That seems to make the difference here and probably why I needed the taller front sight.

Glad it is working well for you.