I do cowboy action shooting, so this has come up before. Go get one of those eency-weency "triangle" files (if it's a triangular notch you have) and file metal away from the left side if you want to move POI to the left and vice versa. Only take one or two strokes at a time, then shoot, then repeat as necessary. You can't put metal back.

Russ

I was going to buy a ruger bearcat to carry while fishing for snakes.But, they have a notch in the frame for a rear sight and fixed front blade. I understand yu can file the front sight for elevation but how do you adjust for left or right ?
I'm thinking I might buy a Tarus 9 shot revolver, which has adjustiable sights instead. but I sure like the way that bearcat feels !

Have you also looked at Rugers Single Six? It will have adjustable sights. It will also come with a 22Mag cylinder, I think that the Mags might be useful if you are planning on using snake shot loads.

Before you go filing anything, try some different ammo! You might find that a different kind of ammo shoots to the correct point of aim. Hell, there's only about 50,000 kinds of .22 LR out there.

Regards,
Tom

Try all makes of ammo, one should shoot where the sights are. Don't cut any steel until you do this. I just rapped off 10 rounds of Federal hollow points at 50 yds from my Ruger and had a 3" group, right and low. I then shot 10 rounds of CCI Blue tag hollow points the same way ( Creedmore, shooting fast the second the sights aligned) and had a group of 1", dead center in the bull. These are the bullets I hunt squirrels with and I get many more then my rifle shooting friends do. Kind of tee's them off.

I'm sorry to revive this old thread, but I couln't find anything about it in 'gunsmithing'.

I bought a S&W 617 6" .22lfb from a former police instructor for plinking and training, and got a M13 3" .357M with it. I thought this rather small and handy .357 would make a nice backup while hunting with my rifles ...

After 11 moths of waiting, I got the permits for these revolvers, and the fixed-sighted M13 shoots about 5" to the right at 25 yards with every load I tried. After examination, I noticed that the barrel was screwed in too far. Therefore, the front sight is slightly off to the left, and the ejector rod doesn't fully rest in.

Would I have this corrected, or try to live with it? It's hard to find a competent gunsmith over here and I'm not sure wether unscrewing the barrel of a S&W is a big deal or not ...

With the proper barrel vice set-up, turning the barrel the small amount you need is not a big deal. This is done a good bit to correct fixed sight single-actions.

I hope that a vice set for an 19 or 66 will fit, since 3" 13's are rather scarce over here ...