New .45 shooting way high

[tomme boy]

I picked up a new Iver Johnson Hawk today. I took it out shooting and it is shooting really high. Like 2 feet at 20 yds. It has the Novac style sights on it. I have a Citadel and the cuts on the frame are not standard size so I have been told. Being this is made in the Philippines like my Citadel, does anyone know if the cuts are the same?

I found these 2 pictures on the IJ website. It shows what the cuts are. Do they look like standard cuts or metric like the Citadel.

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These sites have no dots. I am using a 6 o'clock hold. Sites are flush with each other. Shooting at 20 yds at a 24" round steel plate. I had to hold aprox 12" low and 6" rt just to hit the plate at 11 o'clock.

[44MAG#1]

Can't you get a repalcement front that is higher?
That would be my first thought.

[jh45gun]

If it is made by Armscor I would call their warranty center in Nevada. They are really good to deal with and they will help you out. That is odd my RIA shoots right on with 230 grain bullets.

[Dan Cash]

Contact your warranty point of contact. If the sights are phisically centered on the slide, I suspect that your barrel bushing or barrel are not machined on center. If the slide has no barrel bushing, then the slide is machined off center. While a higher front sight will correct the elevation, it is only concealing the off center machining problem.