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Thread: Question on modifying the front sight of a Spiller and Burr

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    Bruce,

    I quoted them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maillemaker View Post
    Bruce,

    I quoted them.

    Steve
    Instead of soldering a taller pin in, have the sight machined with a dovetail base. Won’t snap off that way. Same basic solution as the R&S.


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    Instead of soldering a taller pin in, have the sight machined with a dovetail base. Won’t snap off that way. Same basic solution as the R&S.
    But then you'll just have a taller pin attached to a dovetail base. I guess it will be stronger if it is machined as part of the base. Either way it's going to look kind of strange with this 1/4" pin sticking out the top of the barrel. We'll see how much of a front sight it needs. I'll probably go the solder route to start with because it's much easier for me to drill out and solder in a pin than it is to hand cut a dovetail. Plus I think the dovetails are ugly.

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    Good plan Steve and also "correct." I have a "fun" Colt Patterson from Replica Arms with a half inch high sight post I put on it. Yeah it looks a bit strange but that's better than shooting three feet over the target. It's been on there since '75. Recon it will last quite a while if you don't open beer bottles with it. I always keep a bottle of Miracle Glue handy just in case.

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    I had a Rogers and Spencer and of course the front sight was too short. I got a piece of solid brass round stock of the same diameter as the sight the revolver came with and replaced the old pin with the new and epoxied it into place. Easy fix and no dovetail to machine.
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    Did some load workups yesterday. As expected, the thing shoots a good foot+ high. I have no idea what you could do to make these things shoot 2" low. I was aiming at the bottom of the black - 6 o'clock hold.

    Here we can see, from right to left, 8 grains, 10 grains, and 12 grains 3F Goex. 12 grains seems the best. This is off a bench at 25 yards:



    Next we have 14 and 16 grains. The group was clearly opening up so I did not go any higher:



    So, clearly we need a taller front sight post. Much taller.

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    Put the new front sight post on today:



    It's deliberately a hair tall so I can file it to point of aim at the range.

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    Accruracy suggestion

    Steve—the late great Tom Ball recommended that the single best improvement to a stock revolver was to have a target cone mod to the breech. This should not cost that much for a significant improvement. He did this for me and I was able to usually shoot mid to high 40’s with a stock Uberti Remington when I was active in regional competition. I did have him dovetail a tall front sight.

    Best wishes for success with your Spiller & Burr.

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    I've got an 1858 Remington that has been with Ball Accuracy for since the Fall Nationals 2016. I hope it is done by this coming Nationals (I want it back, done or not). I'm hoping it shoots like Annie Oakley. If not, I'm going to send one off to Charlie Hahn.

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    I was fortunate enough to buy a gently used forcing cone chamfering kit from a fellow skirmisher who was done with it. I've used it many times and it has paid for itself many times over.

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