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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
Ok, just got back from putting 100 rds. through my almost new Series 80 Commander. She ain't ready for carry duty yet, but will be.
Groups were reliably 2-3" at seven yds., but always 2-3" high and right of dead center.
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If it does that consistently, simply adjust the sights. Sometimes "adjustment tools" are a file and a drift and a hammer, if it has issue "fixed" sights.
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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
But I'm wondering if a guide rod will help here. I have one in my full size Springer and it's pretty accurate. What kind of tuning do I need if not a guide rod?
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Sounds like you are assuming something is wrong with the gun because it doesn't shoot to the sights. You are right, there is - the sights are miss-adjusted. A "guide rod" won't change that. I put that in quotes because the gun already has a guide rod, and I assume you mean a full length guide rod. A full length guide rod should not affect point of impact. If it does, then there is something wrong with it or the installation.
Full length guide rods are a funny thing. Thirty years ago, they were de rigeur, with everyone who was anyone in the 1911 world espousing their virtures. All the cool dudes had one. That's how you could tell they were... Nowadays, the pendelum has swung the other way. It's cool to say a full length guide rod is uncool - a sure sign of a duffer who doesn't know what he is doing.
Way back when, most 1911's were military surplus or, at best, built to somewhat sloppy military standards of fit. A full length guid rod may have served to tighten some of these up a bit. Today, most 1911's originate as civilian guns, built to higher standards of fit and finish. They are a lot tighter. Full length guide rods don't do a thing for these guns. They don't hurt them, but they don't help them either.
One advantage the "tactical" crowd likes to point out about the full length guide rod has to do with shooting from cover. When shooting over a barricade under stress, one likes to keep as low as possible. Sometimes the gun gets stubbed against the barricade as it is presented. 1911's with the short guide rod have allegedly been known to be pushed back out of battery enough to keep from firing, if that guide rod cover is pushed up against the barricade. A full length guide rod won't allow that to happen. Seems a bit of a stretch to me, but that's what the kids say.