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My newly acquired Taurus 445 Ti is a great shooter for a snubby (1 1/4" at 13 yds), but it shoots 3" to the left. The barrel shroud and the front sight are cast as one and the rear sight is a groove in the receiver. I thought of taking off some of the thickness (RH side)of the front sight carefully with a file. Whaddya think I should do?


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My newly acquired Taurus 445 Ti is a great shooter for a snubby (1 1/4" at 13 yds), but it shoots 3" to the left. The barrel shroud and the front sight are cast as one and the rear sight is a groove in the receiver. I thought of taking off some of the thickness (RH side)of the front sight carefully with a file. Whaddya think I should do?


A couple of things you can do. You can use it as a "built in" lead for shooting folks running to your left, you can remove a little off the right side of the front sight, or, you could remove a little off the right edge of the rear groove. I have done it both ways and it really depends on the amount of sight blade, or, groove you have. Wide front sight, shave sight, narrow groove, open groove. Maybe a small amount from both. Go slow!


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Filing will work. But you might try a couple of different kinds or loads of ammo first to see if one of them hits closer to the aiming point.
 
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Old4x4:

Can't speak for a Tarus, but Smiths and Colts routinely were adjusted by bending the barrel an/or frame. This was done by wacking the gun on a lead mat. Not real scientific but it worked.

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I wouldn't do anything. A snub nose revolver is a snub nose revolver. If you wanted a target gun you'd buy one. Take a look at the statistics applying to defensive shooting and you'll find that the vast majority are at close quarters where you're unlikely to need sights anyway. My $.02, but probably worth less....or maybe that should be "worthless". Wink


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It would depend to me on how the sights looked to my eye, but another method is to build up the left side of the front sight. You may not have to file down the right side tehn.

Could be anything- some JB weld, several layers of tape, glue a thin sheet of metal or plastic, or build it up with silver solder. If you try solder, I'd tin the other side too so it would at least look a little more symmetrical.


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Say what I shot some impress groups out pass 50 yards with my 2.5 inch 357. Shot a yote at 35 yards facing me.

Its nice to have a gun thats shoots to point of aim one can do some mighty fine hitting with one has a good 2 inch revolver.

I saw a lady cop run 5 beer bottles in a row with hers at 70 yards. But then she was a hell of a shot.
 
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p dog,

I certainly agree, but a belly gun is a belly gun and designed for a different purpose. I enjoy shooting the 200-yard gong with my S&W 442, but that doesn't mean that's what it was made for. Some people kill deer with .22RFs but that isn't what they're made for.

Hell, why not mill a dovetail into the front sight ramp and put a movable blade?


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John, good idea, but the frame is titanium...any special tips for doing it? My buddy owns his own shop.


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Before you remove any metal try positioning your hand furthur around the grip. If you change the recoil into a bit of torque your gun will shoot where you want it.
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Smiths and Colts routinely were adjusted by bending the barrel an/or frame. This was done by wacking the gun on a lead mat. Not real scientific but it worked.



Yep that is how it was done but that snubby is going to be to short & stiff for that.



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If it's shooting to the right. Try loosening the barrel a smidge.


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If it's shooting to the right. Try loosening the barrel a smidge.
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I had a revolver with this problem and my smith put it in some kind of frame jig and tweeked the barrel to frame a smig and that was that. Test fired and bingo, done deal.


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Well, I shaved some off of the front sight (not as much as my calculations figured) and emery-clothed it and it looks good. Mixing some of my some airbrush paints, and I matched that blue color. Titanium sparks white when you grind it. It's kinda cool.


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Well Old 4x4 How does it shoot?


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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
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barrel needs to be turn a little
 
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Of course you could always just aim at the nipple on the right side of the target.

That will put the POI in the sternum


Mike

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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
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Most of you are missing the very thing that will correct it---The loads! Playing with different bullets and loads can bring it to point of impact. It is commom for one load to shoot left and another to shoot right, not to mention differences in elevation.
For instance, my friend just bought a new SRH and was buying WW loads. They shot 10" left at 50 yd's. My reloads hit dead center with no sight change.
If you don't reload, buy a bunch of other loads to compare. Don't forget bullet weight either, try others.
 
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