Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns What's your best upgrade, add-on or accessory for the $$??

AK375DGR just turned me on to a "One Hole" ghost-ring sight from Warren Custom Outdoors for my 45LC Ruger Bisley Blackhawk. It's AMAZING how much better the sight picture is with this ghost-ring. The best part is it was only $28 so, he get's props for the recommendation and this sight gets my vote!

Interesting.

A Dawson Precision fiber optic front sight for my 629 Mountain gun. It looked out of place until I went and shot it, made a huge difference.

I like that.

Always trigger work.

Might have to try that on my 5" 629 !

One I forgot about was more of a mod but when I purchased that Bisley Blackhawk, the trigger pull was really heavy and I was considering trigger work until either 2nd Wind or 2MuchGun (can't recall) told me about the "two-minute trigger job". All I had to do was take the grips off the revolver and then take one of the hammer spring arms and move it from on top of the pin to underneath the pin which basically cut the weight in half. It worked great, is still 100% reliable, and cost exactly $0 so I guess this free mod would be tough to beat!!

Custom-sized SBH grips for large hands, especially Chigs Grips.

The "One Ragged Hole" sight is the single best iron sight for old eyes on the market, period, simply amazing how clearly the sights appear again, hell, you'll think your 30 again!

Trijicon RMR.

Grips...

It's always fun to "pimp your ride" and grips are a great way to do it. Screw all that practical [bleep], gimme some coolness.

Nebraska,
thanks for posting your pics of the ghost ring rear sight! I just ordered one- seems like a possible godsend for older eyes that are having difficulty focusing both front and rear sights.

Here's another one- I recently bought a Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley, .480 Ruger. This handgun is a real piece of work, and I like it very much. However, it came from the factory with a trigger pull harder than I like, and creepy to boot. I bought a Wolff trigger spring, which reduced the pull to a very nice 2.75#, but of course the creep was still there. I then stumbled upon an article by Jeff Quinn, entitled 'Poor Boy's Trigger Job', where he describes a procedure of applying upward pressure to the hammer while pulling the trigger. He calls it 'marrying the trigger', which supposedly helps to remove burrs, etc. and smooth out the trigger. You don't want to overdo this process, just a few reps and try to see if things are improving.
Well, I gave it a try, going thru 10 or so reps with the upward hammer pressure, and guess what- the creep in this trigger is now almost completely gone! I just saved myself $100 for a gunsmith trigger job.
Check out this site:
https://gunblast.com/Poorboy.htm

That kind of info is why I love 24HCF!

Combat light. You will need to upgrade Gramps gun to Smith & Wesson R8 revolver. This is GIGN or Gangsta style, very KOOL!


Large rear peep is for combat shotgun or close range dangerous game rifle.

VZ grips for my Browning HP and Wolff reduced power rebound springs for my S&W revolvers.

Seems like a good idea, (I like my SBL's Ghost sight), but I recommend just keeping the front sight in sharp focus and just get "used" to a front sight that is found on any gun and keep the rear sight "fuzzy".

Obviously, one's own eyesight will determine if that is valid for each shooter.

Reflex sight on my revolver. I don't particularly care for the looks but I shoot a lot better with it at all ranges and fantastically better from 25 yards out to 200 yards. Mine is mounted without a rail and no weapon light. I've used Harries method but recently installed rings on my flashlight to start using the Graham method. I prefer this because I draw my light something like 10,000 times (and counting) more often than my revolver (even counting practice).

My current reflex sight is an SRO, but it's obviously designed for slide-ride and is somewhat ill-suited to revolvers. Sight makers are ignoring revolvers, which I think is a shame. Trijicon, C-More, Leupold, Aimpoint, everything they make is a kludge for revolvers. If they don't step it up, it'll be some asian import job that beats them. S&W has an opportunity if they can still work with Crimson Trace that was spun off with the rest of AOBC.

Grips. For two-hands, I like full-size Hogue no-finger-groove and that's what I use because one-hand is a contingency-only deal.

Moon-clips. This is just so obvious, especially if you recover your brass to reload. For me, it beats a speedloader for reloading but I can't really give "combat reloads" any meaningful weight. Where the moon-clips really pay off is in practice and brass recovery. A few moonclips are nearly worthless. I have 40 for one revolver. A BMT mooner-demooner is well worthwhile too.

Trigger-work - I'm not a fan. I have Performance Center guns, factory guns worked on by the PC after sale, and factory guns. If it's a K,L or N frame, the trigger is good enough. The only thing trigger work seems to accomplish is light-strikes.

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I used to do this to my Ruger single actions too, but I've stopped because of inconsistent trigger pull due to, I think, the spring leg dragging against the main spring. Instead, I have been leaving both legs of the trigger return spring in place and just putting a small, equal bend in each leg to decrease trigger pull. I like it better, seems more consistent and smoother.

I have the ORH sight on a small game pistol, and I like it. The only thing wrong with it though is that it's just a blade that goes in the Ruger rear sight, which is......less than robust.


I'm with others here. For the money....trigger work; grips. For a little more money....Bowen Rough Country sight.