So my 10" .44 ate another scope yesterday morning. That makes 3 scopes in 7 years. Decided to just go back to irons as most of my .44 shooting is at steel targets (or game) inside of 100 yards. Dug around in my junk drawer for a front and rear sight set...and that's when my problems started.
I have a spreadsheet detailing sight combinations for various Contender factory heights for each chambering in each barrel length. I need a 'medium' rear and a 0.635" front blade. I came up with the rear, but I didn't have a tall enough front sight.
Thought i could cobble together a low rear and a 0.595" front. Unfortunately, even with the rear cranked all the way down, it's still 5" high at 30 yards with a mild load; 250 grain boolit over 8gr of unique. My math says I'm still going to just about run out of elevation with the 'proper' 0.635" blade. That doesn't give me a ton of wiggle room for different loads with different boolit weights. This barrel shoots great, but the muzzle exit hole isn't perfectly centered on the OD and I think its magnifying the problem.
So I'm looking for some advise from some of the old silhouette shooters out there. I'm planning on calling TC today...but I'm not holding much faith anyone there will actually have an answer.
I'd like a fiberoptic front and open rear for hunting. The tallest fiber front TC lists in their catalog is 0.530 for their muzzleloaders. This sight looks like it could be usable
https://www.brownells.com/rifle-part...rod105359.aspx
but I'm still worried about running out of adjustment with a 75 yard zero. I might be able to graph a s&w pin in tenon...but they are mounted at an angle and I'm not sure they will line up very well. I haven't found a taller ramp that won't require surgery to avoid overhanging the muzzle.
I would prefer not to go to a Lyman style peep in the rear or the Bomar on a rail to make up the difference in height.
There has to be some simple aftermarket fix out there. If somebody here has run into this issue before I'd really appreciate a nudge in the right direction.