npaden

Okay, I got my ruger single six and took it out the other day and was suprised at how fun it was to shoot. I was also suprised at how quick and easy it was to start shooting somepretty goodgroups at 10 yards and some decent ones at 25 yards from a standing position.

What I was suprised about was that I was hitting consistently high. I burned about 100 rounds through andmygroups wereconsistently 1" high at 10 yards and about 3" high at 25 yards. I started intentionally aiming low and was able to compensate for it at known yardages, but if I ever use it for field use I may not know the exact yardage I'll be shooting.

I've looked around and there are a few options out there but my single six has the fixed sights and I'm not sure what is available for the fixed sight version. I found a part on www.midwayusa.com that showed it will convert the rear sight to an adjustable sight for $15 is this something I can put on myself?

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=421942&t=11082005

I also saw a few colored sight kits but they don't look like they would be something that I could use on the single six. Another thought I had was buying some of that high visibility paint and putting a line a fraction of an inch lower on the front sight to use to help line it up.

Any thoughts on the subject?

Thanks, Nathan

SJAdventures

Did you try burying the front sight as deep as you could get it into the bottom of your rear sight and still see it?

Pavomesa

I had a similar problem with a Kimber pistol and finally realized they had put the wrong blade on the front of the gun. I called Kimber and they agreed with me and rushed me a new front sight out. Possibly this is what happened to you. Worth a call to Ruger.

jtb1967

3" is quite a bit, but you might try some different loads. A high velocity load should hit a bit lower than standard velocity loading.

npaden

No. I was lining the top of the front sight up with the top of the rear sight.

npaden

I tried some .22 WMR and they were even higher than the .22 LR.

I might need to get back out and use a rest, but my groups were fairly decent (about 2" at 10 yards with several holes actually touching each other).

jtb1967

The 22 WMR has had a heavier bullet so the recoil may have offset the velocity increase so it still shot high. Next time try a high or hyper velocity 22 LR.

I'd also try shooting from a rest and see what happens. It never occured to me that you were shooting offhanded.

bronko22000

I'm sure you cranked down the rear sight completely. If you did and are still shooting high, give ruger a call. They may be able to send you alower rear blade for your rear sight. This same thing happened to me with my S&W 29. They sent me a new rear blade and screw with instructions on how to replace it.