Ruger SuperBlackhawk Bisley rear sight problem

[Shuz]

Would someone who has one of these Lipsey special 3-3/4" bbl'd revolvers please measure the notch in their rear sight and advise of notch width. Mine is .088" and I can't see light bars, yet Ruger insists that they only have 2 blades for the rear sight, a square one and one with the v notch. They sent me the v notch and it doesn't satisfy my needs. HELP
(The "Ruger guy" didn't know the dimension of their stock rear sight.)

[Thundarstick]

If your saying the rear notch is too narrow, use a safe file and open it up. That's how I fix mine.

[Catpop]

Thundarstick is dead on, just be careful to keep the sides perpendicular and only remove a little at a time testing as you go! Easy to remove- very hard to put back! Good luck

[mulespurs]

I bought an ATI 1911 that I had the same sight problem as you, I could not see light on the sides of the front sight. I put the slide in my mill and widened it out , I think I took out .035 inches that helped a lot.

I have a 4 1/4" barrel and I think I ended up with about a 125 thousanths or 1/8" for my back sight width before I was happy.

You are lucky if you do goof up the sight blade it would be easy to replace.

Good luck go slow , make it just right for you.

[gwpercle]

Rear sight notch too narrow......Swiss Needle File.
I don't have access to machines or fancy CNC Mills , but the proper Swiss file will do the job if you are careful ....don't widen it too much.
Gary

[Shuz]

I'm guessing, based on the rear sight blade notch width on my KS45N 5.5" Ruger which measures .125", that is prolly the width I need on this 3-3/4" bbl'd gun. If only someone would give me the dimension on their rear sight, I could go back to Ruger and get a guy who will send me the correct sight for my gun.
I realize I could use my Swiss file set and work on the existing sight, but going from .088" to perhaps .125" is a lot of filing and lots of room for error.

[Shuz]

Well, I finally broke down and got out my Swiss file set and went to work on the rear blade. I worked on it until I got the desired "light bars" I was looking for. I'm not guaranteeing the perpendicularity of the sides, but at least I now have light bars and the gun is usable. Now, if I could only find a good rubber grip and replace those black shiny pieces of slippery plastic!

[Oklahoma Rebel]

if you find any good bisley grips let me know! I do like the stock ones fine, but would like to try other options. only thing I have found so far is hard grips, basically the same grip, but with different stains or colors.