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<blockquote data-quote="TurboSixPiston" data-source="post: 1461430" data-attributes="member: 11400"><p>At first this seemed like a simple sight alignment issue (adjustable rear) but the more I fiddled with it the more I wondered. </p><p></p><p>It's a 4" S&W 625, bought new from a dealer. Getting REALLY nice groups on target... about a foot high at 15 yards. Now it's entirely possible, this being my first revolver, that I'm using the wrong sight picture with the front dot cradled by the rear sight (think three dots in a row, except with a blank rear sight). This is what I've always done with all of my other guns, but they don't shoot a foot high at 15 yards. I got the group to move down about 3" total before I ran out of ammo by cranking the rear sight elevation. It seemed to me that I was doing a pretty crazy amount of adjusting for a brand new gun. </p><p></p><p>I don't think it's at the limit of adjustment but I'm not going to mess with it without being at the range to monitor progress. What is the adjustment range on a factory adjustable rear sight on these guns? I'd hate to have to go to a different front sight to get her on target, and I want to exhaust all options before I send it off to S&W to get looked at. </p><p></p><p>My 4" Kimber shoots the same ammo POA at that distance, if it matters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TurboSixPiston, post: 1461430, member: 11400"] At first this seemed like a simple sight alignment issue (adjustable rear) but the more I fiddled with it the more I wondered. It's a 4" S&W 625, bought new from a dealer. Getting REALLY nice groups on target... about a foot high at 15 yards. Now it's entirely possible, this being my first revolver, that I'm using the wrong sight picture with the front dot cradled by the rear sight (think three dots in a row, except with a blank rear sight). This is what I've always done with all of my other guns, but they don't shoot a foot high at 15 yards. I got the group to move down about 3" total before I ran out of ammo by cranking the rear sight elevation. It seemed to me that I was doing a pretty crazy amount of adjusting for a brand new gun. I don't think it's at the limit of adjustment but I'm not going to mess with it without being at the range to monitor progress. What is the adjustment range on a factory adjustable rear sight on these guns? I'd hate to have to go to a different front sight to get her on target, and I want to exhaust all options before I send it off to S&W to get looked at. My 4" Kimber shoots the same ammo POA at that distance, if it matters. [/QUOTE]
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