Decision time...

[Old Ironsights]

Got another chance to burn $50 worth of .45acp today and after working ranges from contact to 30yds it is obvious that, even though I can put all 8 placed shots on the 12"gong at 30 yards, and get the same results stressfire at 15yds, I either need to (A) get a shorter front sight or (B) get really good at aiming high.

Actually, I generally like my handguns to shoot high natively and then I can square up with a virtual V and hold the dot just a bit low. That is the fastest and most accurate sight alignment for me.

The high-hold inverted target covering ^? not so much.

Didn't keep me from keeping the hits all on the gong, but all low - even Rested. So...

I believe my Novak style dovetail is .330. I am consistently (off hand or Rested) 8" low at 25yds with OEM 230gr, ball or HP.

So the real questions are... What height and Fiber or Tritium?

[Blaine]

It used to be that 1911s were regulated with 230s....I don't think they are anymore. My Para 1911 was a very low shooter, and Para had the lowest front they had on it. I took off the fibre optic tube, and ground off the little brackets for it. It ain't pretty, but, I'm shooting to POA with a 6 O'Clock hold. I can scare the "pelosi" out of clays at 100 yards, and every once in a while hit one...

[Old Ironsights]

If I have to replace front and rear I can. Both are Novak dovetails.

The OEM sights are really pretty decent milled 3-dot, but they just shoot abysmally low.