WC Battlesight height?

General Firearms Handguns - 1911
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Using the above measuring reference from 10-8 Performance, can anyone tell me the height of the Wilson Combat Battlesight in the following link?

http://shopwilsoncombat.com/Battlesight-Serrated-Blade-Black/productinfo/593/

10-8 makes a .325" and a .375" high rear sight, if you use their method of measurement. I would like the same sight picture or as close to it as possible with a rear sight height of .350-.360 . I use their rear sight on everything, but it’s not working out this time. WC claims the Battlesight is .030 higher than usual, so I’d like to believe that it is roughly .355". If anyone can confirm or deny this, I’d appreciate it.

The reason I’m interested in such specific info is I have a great pistol set up that seems to shoot 2"-4" low for me at 25 yards, averaging 3" low. If I jump up to the .375" 10-8 rear sight, I’m going to end up around 4" high. I’d really like to be about 1"-2" higher in POI than POA at 25 yards. I have 1505 rounds through the pistol at this point, and I’m feeling pretty confident about the POI/POA consistency with my finger and my eyes in this one particular pistol. I know I could always file a .375" 10-8 sight down, but lowering the notch evenly would be a bit of a pain. Absolutely everything else about the pistol is great.

Thanks in advance…

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not precise

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Thank you for taking the time to get that measurement. The quest continues…

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Generally, 1911s are initially regulated by filing on the front site to get 0. If your trying to save the front night sight instead of replacing it, get the 10-8 .375 and regulate it to the front and get it parkerized.

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Thanks for the reply. I am aware of this process, but I wanted to try salvaging the Tritium front sight if possible. The easy fix would be to send it to my smith with a description of how much I’d like the POI raised, but I thought I’d look at one more sight.

I’ve since put the 10-8 .375 in, and it solved the problem. My groups is tad high at 25 yards, which is acceptable to me. I’ll shoot groups at 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 yards to figure out exactly where I’m at, and eventually just get a slightly taller front sight when tritium fades in the current one if I ever feel the need. I’m happy with what I see at 7, 10, 15, 20, and 25 yards.