!911 Giovt. GI sights - 05/06/23
90% of my pistol shooting anymore is steel plates out to 50 yards. I thought some aftermkt. "better" sights for my 1911 Rock Island GI model might help my accuracy on the smaller plates past 10 yards. I was considering something similar to the taller, three dot sights on my son's Springfield 1911.
We took both guns to the range. I shot fifty shots of Federal 230 ball with each gun on paper at 10 yards and various size steell targets out to 50 yards. I changed guns every 10 shots and couldn't shoot the Springfield with the taller, three dot sights any better overall than the std GI type sights on the Rock Island. My son who is a lot younger than me shot the Springfield better on the 10 yard bullseye target but not by a lot. I'm sure the sights on the Springfield are capable of better overall accuracy as well as bullseye accuracy but if your not a serious bullseye/target shooter, have old eyes and maybe aren't as steady as you used to be the standard GI sights might be all you need. One thing about the GI sights that seemed to give me a quicker/steadier sight picture was the narrower front sigh6t.
We took both guns to the range. I shot fifty shots of Federal 230 ball with each gun on paper at 10 yards and various size steell targets out to 50 yards. I changed guns every 10 shots and couldn't shoot the Springfield with the taller, three dot sights any better overall than the std GI type sights on the Rock Island. My son who is a lot younger than me shot the Springfield better on the 10 yard bullseye target but not by a lot. I'm sure the sights on the Springfield are capable of better overall accuracy as well as bullseye accuracy but if your not a serious bullseye/target shooter, have old eyes and maybe aren't as steady as you used to be the standard GI sights might be all you need. One thing about the GI sights that seemed to give me a quicker/steadier sight picture was the narrower front sigh6t.