Been shooting my .44 Specials quite a bit lately. One of them is a Taurus, can't remember the model number, but a three inch, under lug barrel, pretty beefy little gun which has low profile fixed sights. I like it, but it hits way high with pretty much everything I shoot through it. I shoot a lot at about 20 yards here at the house and this one will group for me 6-8 inches above where the front sight picture is at that distance.
I'm already shooting a pretty lightweight bullet, 429215 with 6 1/2 grains of Unique. Even if I drop that charge, it still hits high for me. I need a taller front sight, but this one is part of the barrel and I'd imagine it would have to be ground off and something else welded on? I'm mainly a rifle shooter and never really looked into handgun sights much.