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Offline huntwithme2

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security six question
« on: February 17, 2012, 10:39:45 AM »
  i just bought a stainless steel security six in a four inch barrel  357 mag off my brother for 100 dollors.  the thing is it  shoots  to the right  at twenty five. i tried to move the top screw rear sight clockwise and counter clockwise.  which is the proper way.  i just can't seem to move it over   
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Re: security six question
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2012, 10:53:22 AM »
huntwithme2,
Move the rear in the opposite direction of your group.  Since you are shooting to the right, move the rear sight to the left.  I have a 1976
model Security Six, six inch blued which I purchased brand new.  With top loaded .357 Magnum loads I was able to kill several White
tail deer with mine.  I was MUCH younger then and could actually see the front site.  I tuned my trigger myself and changed out the springs and shot competition with it for many years.  Mine has been through 100,000 rounds with not one hickup.  I love mine!
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Re: security six question
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2012, 10:57:45 AM »
 would that be clockwise or counter clockwise.
thanks
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Re: security six question
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2012, 11:14:15 AM »
I'm too lazy to try to dig out my sec 6 to know for sure which way to turn the screw.  But as far off as you sites are pointing, just experiment with the screw and see which way it goes - you have to look closely.  Might need to make a small mark on the sight blade and the supporting part.  WOW - a 4 inch stainless 6 for $100!!!  I'd have grabbed it in 2 secs.  Surely you can get it hitting well. I  love my old sec 6 - I shoot it better than probably any other handgun I have and it is moderate weight and very rugged.


Move the rear sight in the direction you want to move the point of impact. Since you are hitting too far right, move the rear sight to the left.  How far to the right are you hitting?  And 25 what- feet or yards?


Can't move sight:  I'm wondering if the screw threads might be jammed a little or stripped if you can't move it. Has the gun been well cared for or has it sat on a shelf for years?  Has it been dropped? I'd put a few drops of something like Kroil, Deep Creep, Balistol, or PB Blaster on the sight screw and let it sit for a few hours then gently try to turn the screw. 


Shouldn't be too hard to fix and if something is real wrong I think you could get a whole new sight assembly from Brownell's, Midway, Ruger or Numrich.
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Re: security six question
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2012, 01:48:38 PM »
Yep, I'd like to have a 4" GP100 - stainless, but for anywhere close to $100 bucks  - for a clean gun - I'd grab all I could afford.
 
Have owned the twin to your for YEARS, and it a tough and fun gun.
 
Keep em coming!
 
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Re: security six question
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2012, 05:23:34 AM »
  it wasn,t dropped but hasen't been  shot in years.  only about one houndred rounds through it.  i tried both clock and counter clockwise to no avail.  i was thinking about tapping it with a hammer to get it to go.  at twenty five  yards it shoots  about three inches right. groups are two and a half inches.
thanks for the help
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Re: security six question
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2012, 08:11:29 AM »
Larry,  Not pointing fingers here, just asking -----
 
Are you getting the groups to the right from a rest or hand held.
 
I ask this, because years back everyone could out shoot me with my own handguns, to the point I sold them!
 
Wasn't until I did some 50' gallery shooting with a .22 - slow fire, timed and rapid - that I found out it was ME!!!!!!!!
 
My trigger pull/jerk pulled me off target every time - low left as I recall.
 
If your using a rest, then I really think there is likely enough adjustment in the rear sight to take care of the problem.
 
This is an adjustable rear sight Security isn't it??
 
Brownells has parts, and can likely supply a new sight blade, screws and springs if they are needed.
 
Hang in there, my Ol' and well used security is smooooooth and just a great shoot'in gun!
 
Keep em coming!
 
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Re: security six question
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2012, 09:25:49 AM »
  i was shooting from a sandbag rest.  maybe i'm canting my head to one side .  i really haven't been shooting a pistol  a lot.  it does have a screw on the top next to the rear sight that i have been turning.  i'll keep trying to get it right  it's really fun to shoot it.  and cheep since i handload it.  my wife got upset  with  me when i told her i was going to sell it.
thanks again for your help
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Re: security six question
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2012, 09:49:30 AM »
huntwithme2,
 
Just took the security out of the bed side drawer and turned the left/right adjusting screw.
 
The movement of the sight blade was clearly and quickly apparent.  This will make a difference in POI without question, so that should also be happening on yours.
 
If you can not see the sight blade move, then maybe parts are needed.
 
I also noted that it does not take a great lot of pressure to turn the adjusting screw.
 
Good luck and my security could use some company! LOL
 
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