Tom, I have a Blackhawk in .44 mag I bought a couple of years ago and have the same issue with the front site. It's too short, and of course on the blued models you can't replace them. I solved the problem by grinding down the rear site until there's barely a notch left to site through. I haven't tried anything heavier than a 240 grn bullet but there's no use.
Would it really be hard for Ruger to figure this out?
I dunno. Its pretty frustrating.
Every 4-5/8" barreled blued .45 blackhawk I've seen in the last 2 years has the wrong front sight on it. Ruger makes a taller sight that'd be better and puts it on the 5-1/2" barreled gun.
There's no excuse for not getting this right. I can even see one gun coming out wrong, but all of them?
I haven't had a .44 yet that wouldn't sight-in with 240s. Man, that sucks. I've had a couple (5-1/2" Super B, I think) that I couldn't go heavier than about 250, but they'd do that much at least.
I don't get it.
