Who sells a replacement front sight that is lower to raise point of impact? Thanks.
Quote from: paul7177 on July 01, 2017, 10:39:12 AM
Who sells a replacement front sight that is lower to raise point of impact? Thanks.
paul,
Have you tried "Military Center Hold". This is what the R51 sights are set up for.
http://www.hipointfirearmsforums.com/Review-Remington-R51.html
"Point of Impact (POI) was "Combat" or "Military Center Hold" instead of traditional Target Shooting hold, which I found to be the same as on the Remington 1911R1. If you try to aim by putting the bottom edge of the bull on the top of the front dot, everything will go just below the bull. Instead, place the center of the dot at center of the bull. When the sights are lined up, the hits will go right in the front dot and accurately so. Accuracy with the Gen 2 R51 was quite good".
When I got my R51 Crimson Trace, I sighted the red dot in at 10 yards using 115 grain FMJ ammo. I then switched to 147 grain hollow points and the impact at the target dropped by 2"-3".
I found the same thing during my next range visit. 115 grain +P+ hollow points were dead on at 10 yards using the red dot, but 147 grain FMJ and hollow points were down by 2"-3".
Just an observation.
paul,
Have you tried "Military Center Hold". This is what the R51 sights are set up for.
Will try that next time I get to the range. Thanks!
I too reported my R51 shot two inches low in my initial range report. The difference for me was that I was aware of the Military Center Hold (because of this forum), and I was still hitting 2 inches low.
However, my first range session was all about putting rounds down range and I wasn't shooting my best. Next time out, before I got tired, I bore down to see what I could do accuracy-wise. Sure-enough, I proved again that every bullet goes exactly where I aim it. When I got off a good shot, and it felt like a good shot, the bullet was in or near the bull - with Military Center Hold. When I didn't feel so good about my form, the hits went elsewhere, generally low.
In other posts I've confessed to not being that good of a shot, and this is still true. R51 is a smaller hand gun than I am used to shooting, with a shorter sight radius, and a trigger that isn't as good as my full-sized Browning. But this gun is so damn much fun to shoot that I'm looking forward to the challenge of using it to improve my form and accuracy.
Quote from: DUTCH Van Atlanta on July 04, 2017, 05:25:26 PM
When I got my R51 Crimson Trace, I sighted the red dot in at 10 yards using 115 grain FMJ ammo. I then switched to 147 grain hollow points and the impact at the target dropped by 2"-3".
I found the same thing during my next range visit. 115 grain +P+ hollow points were dead on at 10 yards using the red dot, but 147 grain FMJ and hollow points were down by 2"-3".
Just an observation.
Quite normal for different rounds to have different POI, especially light +P+ vs heavy std pressure. That's why you sight in and practice with your carry around or something with similar ballistics.