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Fiber optic sights on tapered Ruger barrel?
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:15 am
by vanmc1
Recently bought a Ruger MKIII with 4 3/4" tapered barrel. Has the same front sight and ring that Ruger has used forever. The sight blade appears to be pinned through the ring. Has anybody found or rigged a fiber optics blade that will replace the stock sight blade?
Thanks,
Mac
Re: Fiber optic sights on tapered Ruger barrel?
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:45 am
by bearandoldman
vanmc1 wrote:Recently bought a Ruger MKIII with 4 3/4" tapered barrel. Has the same front sight and ring that Ruger has used forever. The sight blade appears to be pinned through the ring. Has anybody found or rigged a fiber optics blade that will replace the stock sight blade?
Thanks,
Mac
I have altered front sight blades as required with a fle and used Superglue or JB weld to glue a HiViz lite pipe to the sight. Not thw prettiest, but they do work.
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:22 pm
by Bullseye
Welcome to the forum!
Do you have a fixed sight (Standard model) Mark III version or the tapered target version with the adjustable rear sight? Those front sight blades are pinned though the barrel band. Hi-Viz makes a replacement sight blade for these #RT2008 if you have an adjustable rear sight on your tapered barrel.
http://www.hivizsights.com/Ruger-C10.aspx
R,
Bullseye
Ruger sight
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:53 pm
by vanmc1
I emailed ruger and they said they had a sight that would fit. My pistol has a fixed rear sight and old time blade on a band front sight. I explained this to them and they sent me a #RT2208 sight which doesn't fit my gun at all. But I glued the #RT2008 behind the stock sight (the band of the stock sight wouldn't come off) and it works well...they are both the same height. It looks like crap though, 2 front sights. But if I ever decide to get rid of it I'll take the hi-viz (tru-glo?) sight off.
Van