revolver sight

My granddaughter was just given an Uberti 1862 Colt Police revolver. As is usual it shoots high and needs a taller front sight. Does anyone know how the factory sight is attached on this revolver--pressed, staked, threaded?

I can’t say, but I think the sight is pressed in. I have the Uberti Pocket Police. It does shoot a little high. I solved that, at least for me by moving the target farther back, and changing my point of aim slightly, until I figured out what worked best.

I have an old 1851 Navy, for about forty years now. I shot the dickens out of it, and the front sight fell off. I turned down a brass screw for a new, taller sight. I pressed it into the barrel along with some epoxy. The base of the new sight was scruffed up some, and cleaned. The sight hole in the barrel was also. That was to give the epoxy something to fill and grip. The sight is still in the barrel after many rounds and many years.
:hmm:

I’d want to try modifying the rear sight first. Simple to do.

For an open top Colt, the rear sight is a notch in the hammer. Not really much to adjust. The taller front sight is the likely first step.

These really shine if you cut a dove tail up front and square notch the hammer although it is not traditional for a stock pistol which were made for point shooting mostly. They can be accurate little buggers!

I’ve read how people have widened and deepened that tiny V notch in the hammer. Not sure it would necessarily fix his elevation issues or not but it would be an easy modification and he may well find it gets him close enough if not right on.

I did that, works okay however I'm not sure I'm happy with it. I did a square notch in the bottom of the existing V. I have also dovetailed in a front sight. Some originals had the dovetail front sight added.

So just deepening the hammer notch wasn’t enough? Or you wanted to be able to work with drift as well?

I don’t own any Colt revolvers yet but figure I need an Uberti Police, want an Uberti Walker, and figure I should probably own an 1851 I’d likely modify to .40 cal. I certainly prefer my POA to coincide with the POI and figured there was no reason not to start with that tiny hammer notch that could use a little work anyway.

Thanks for the replies, but they don't really help. According to my math, I need to raise the front sight (or lower the rear) about .145". There is not enough hammer nose to make that much change. If I were 100% positutely sure she would never want to shoot it in an "as issued" match at Friendship the fix would be easy. But, as it is, I don't want to do anything to disqualify the gun which leaves replacing the front sight with one of original configuration only taller. I can file the rear notch some but not a lot.

If you want the revolver to shoot plumb center you sometimes need to do both, a blade front sight and a deeper notch in the hammer.

Have an Uberti pocket model; front sight was a cone pressed in a matching hole. Just pulled out the front sight, using a vise and easy levering. Made a front blade sight & filed a round stud on the bottom for a snug fit, then silver soldered it in. Works fine, good accuracy at 25 yds, & some judicious filing on the sight got it to point of aim at 25. Also widened & squared the sight notch on the hammer.

the taller front sight sure makes a difference.

I had Jim Stroh make me a taller front sight (about 5/16" if I recall), about the same as a Colt Peacemaker. Also had a 3-lb. trigger job and an 11 degree cut on the forcing cone. Shoots right where you point it. Very accurate, no matter who shoots it.
Also allows you to use a full 30gr. charge of FFF that "belches" but still accurate. :haha:

Rick

Jeff Tanner (U.K. bullet mould maker --- Dixie sells his ones) used to adjust the elevation on his Colt repros by altering the sear and bent engagement on the hammer, so it locked back at a different position. A long way round, but it didn't break the MLAIC Rules about altering front sights.
Sadly Jeff passed away recently -- a great loss to us all.