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Thanks to some of you guys here I'm the proud new owner of a '' was perfect'' 1968 P64. I own 5 pistols and this littel guy might be the most acurate one! It groups about 2 inches at ten yard and I've only shot aroun 50 rounds through it. the problem is it groups about 2 inches to the left. I tried to move the rear sight, first with a wooden dowel, next with a plastic punch, then a steel one. the only thing I acomplished was to mar the finish and cut my finger with shapnel. Any ideas? i'm thinking if i could find some kind of white epoxy, i could file out the right side of the back sight, build up the left side of the front sight. i might be able to bring it to point of impact and wind up with the better sights in needs anyway.

Actully I would have left it alone, 2 inches off at 30ft for defensive shooting with something that is not intended for target shooting is pretty good.

I would try it at a shorter range and see how it groups before you start messing with it again.

You are correct of course, but I have a S&W 3913 that shoots low and to the left and a .38 that shoots high and right so it's getting kind of old. I know pinpoint accruacy shouldn't be an issue in a defense situation, but I can't help but ask myself, what if I did need to take a shot when it would matter. would I remember to hold 2 inches to the right?

i'm the same way. i like my firearms to be accurate. i have all my rifles dialed in at 50 to 100 yards. its fun when you can shoot down pistol casings @ 50 with a ruger 10/22.

my P-64 shoots left at 10 yards. after fifty rounds the left side of the target is gone and the right is basically untouched. ive tought about filing down the rear sight a little, but decided against it because "my luck" i will screw it up, and it will be worse.

my thoughts are if i can hit a 8 inch circle at 10 yards, i'll just aim for center mass of an attacker and i should be able to put one in. and to be honest are you really gonna have time to aim? or point?

I got it. After reading some blogs from this site and others, here's what I did. I put my punch in the freezer for a couple of hours. Next I heated up the the dovetail notch with a bick lighter. (I've done a lot of metal work, so I knew about how hot to get it) then touched the rear sight in a couple places with the frozen punch to cool it. The sight moved with the first pop!

Good deal thanx for sharing that trick.

you have to take some pictures and explain the punch and bic project to me. i would love to adjust my rear sight a little just wondering where to place the frozen punch to get the thing to move. sounds neat.