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Firearms => 10mm semi-auto handguns => Topic started by: triggerman10 on December 23 2016 09:58:08 PM MST

Title: Shoots low
Post by: triggerman10 on December 23 2016 09:58:08 PM MST
Took the RIA out for the maiden voyage today. Had a couple small failures but still getting broke in. My only complaint so far is it shoots about 8-10" low at 25 yds with the rear sight bottomed out. The front sight is the hi-viz type so no filing here. Shot 155-200 grn bullets,lead and jacketed. Any suggestions?
Title: Re: Shoots low
Post by: BEEMER! on December 24 2016 06:11:27 AM MST
Quote from: triggerman10 on December 23 2016 09:58:08 PM MST
Took the RIA out for the maiden voyage today. Had a couple small failures but still getting broke in. My only complaint so far is it shoots about 8-10" low at 25 yds with the rear sight bottomed out. The front sight is the hi-viz type so no filing here. Shot 155-200 grn bullets,lead and jacketed. Any suggestions?

You must move your rear sight in the direction you want to move you group.

Raise your rear sight up.
Title: Re: Shoots low
Post by: PCFlorida on December 24 2016 06:55:17 AM MST
What he said :)

You must move your rear sight in the direction you want to move your group.

Raise your rear sight up.
Title: Re: Shoots low
Post by: triggerman10 on December 24 2016 07:22:49 AM MST
I tried raising sight and shot even lower! Seems to me if raise the rear sight it just pushes the front one lower.
Title: Re: Shoots low
Post by: BEEMER! on December 24 2016 08:31:14 AM MST
Raising the rear sight makes you raise the muzzle higher and raises the point of impact.

Turn the elevation screw counter clockwise.
Title: Re: Shoots low
Post by: triggerman10 on December 24 2016 02:30:47 PM MST
Another thing I'd like to know is how do you change the angle of ejected brass? Most brass goes to 2'oclock,in front of the firing line. I'd like to have it at about 4-5 o'clock.
Title: Re: Shoots low
Post by: PCFlorida on December 24 2016 07:12:31 PM MST
You likely need to tune your extractor or perhaps your load.
Title: Re: Shoots low
Post by: triggerman10 on December 25 2016 05:39:53 PM MST
Extractor or ejector?
Title: Re: Shoots low
Post by: dred on December 25 2016 06:17:52 PM MST
Quote from: triggerman10 on December 25 2016 05:39:53 PM MST
Extractor or ejector?

Well, both.  On a 1911 the ejector is strategically shaped and placed to knock the fired casing from the extractor's grasp on the recoil cycle.
Title: Re: Shoots low
Post by: triggerman10 on December 25 2016 07:05:40 PM MST
Just checked tension on the extractor,that's OK. Not sure what to look for on the ejector. On the plus side I'm now hitting dead on at 25 yds.
Title: Re: Shoots low
Post by: triggerman10 on December 29 2016 09:48:04 PM MST
Did some research on the ejector and am in the process of reshaping it to get the brass where I want it to go. Thanx for the help on the sights,been a long time since I shot open adjustable sights.