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Ruger Old Army Adjustable Sights to Fixed Sites
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September 05, 2009, 12:13:06 am »
What kind of work is it to change a Ruger Old Army with Adjustable Sights over to a Fixed Sight so that it could be used to compete in the Frontiersman Class.
I have set my desire on one or a pair of KBP-5FI Models (.45 C&B, 5.5" Barrel, Stainless Steel, Fixed Sights)
If I could find all that except with adjustable sights, is it a simple (read cheap) gunsmithing job to change the sights to a fixed model, or would I be incuring the cost of the gun once more in gunsmithing fees?
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Re: Ruger Old Army Adjustable Sights to Fixed Sites
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I believe that the adjustable sights only come on the 7.5 barreled models,(Redhawk frame??) whereas I have seen fixed sights on both barrel lengths on the newer, Colt style 'Old Army' .
I converted mine by removing the foresight ramp and replacing it with a half-round blade and removed the rear sight and replaced that with a simple notched block.
All carried out in my garage with simple hand tools,,,easy!!
Good luck,,,AE.
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Depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If you intend to use them in the SASS Frontiersman class you have to weld and remachine the top strap. A block like that described by Angel Eyes is not SASS legal. The cost is far more than trying to find a fixed sight model in the first place.
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Pettifogger
This is what I was afraid of ... that I would buy a model with adjustable sights and pay the cost of the gun again to get it to become a fixed sight model ... Thanks!
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Pettifogger, are you saying that the recess left by the removal of the rear sight has to be
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filled up and a sight groove cut into the topstrap?
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Quote from: Angel_Eyes on September 07, 2009, 01:49:13 pm
Pettifogger, are you saying that the recess left by the removal of the rear sight has to be
permanently
filled up and a sight groove cut into the topstrap?
AE
Yep. The rule reads, " Ruger Blackhawk and Ruger Old Army adjustable sight frames may be modified by
removing the rear sight assembly, welding up the sight cutout, recontouring the frame top
strap, and cutting a new sight notch to replicate Colt SAA or Vaquero frames."
Several people have milled very nice sight blocks to fill the original space, but these are not legal. I don't like the rule, but it is what it is.
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Pettifogger...
Thanks for the heads up!
So unless someone is willing to reduce their price by the cost of the gunsmith job (and has a bridge in Brooklyn to sell *L*), I can probably cross any adjustable sight model off my list ....
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I just got an offer I can't refuse on exactly what I wanted ... two Stainless/5.5" barrel/fixed site models!
So I don't have to do any modifications except the grips ....
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