DW VBOB Virgin Shoot

[Paladin1]

I bought a Guardian a couple of months ago. It too shot high. It has the three dot night sights and not the figure 8 DW sights. Replacing the 0.140 inch front sight with a 0.180 unit brought the POI right on the POA. DW did this gratis. Here is the thread on the 1911 Forum that describes my situation:

http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=459094

While my Guardian shot a bit high originally (2.5 inches at 10 yards) the issue was nowhere near what you described. I'm guessing the sight radius on your VBOB is about 6.5 inches. If that's true and you were really shooting 3-4 feet high at 7 yards (252 inches) it would require a replacement front sight that is almost an inch higher! Are you sure it wasn't 3-4 inches high at 7 yards?

If it is inches and assuming the average of 3.5 inches and a sight radius of 6.5 inches a sight that is 0.090 inches higher would be required.

I suspect the gun is shooting a bit high and you are also holding the front dot a bit high relative to the rear. Many shooters have a hard time adjusting to the figure 8 sights so you may want to change them to conventional sights.

Regardless, email Keith Lawton at DW customer service and I guarantee he will make it good.