If the sight is mounted in a dove tail, it can be drifted to either side. If it is truly fixed, than it is simply not adjustable. What about the front sight? Can it be drifted?
I have used JB Weld to fill in sights before, then redrilled or cut a new notch, to adjust windage. Takes great care to get it right though!
If the sight is mounted in a dove tail, it can be drifted to either side. If it is truly fixed, than it is simply not adjustable. What about the front sight? Can it be drifted?
I have used JB Weld to fill in sights before, then redrilled or cut a new notch, to adjust windage. Takes great care to get it right though!
My front sight can not be drifted. But my rear sight is on a leaf spring and moves farward and back for elevation but can it be adjusted fram side to side
Last edited by John blaze; 11-21-2009 at 10:58 AM.
John,
... Since your shooting too far to the left your sight has to be moved in the direction of the excess; to the left. ...
Are you sure about that? Imagine the rifle mounted in a vice with the sights on the target and shooting 2.5" left. Correcting this would require moving the LOS to also be 2.5" left, that is, moving the rear sight to the right.
With the LOS and bore lined up, you could unclamp the rifle and shoot bullseyes.
Yeah, any gunsmith will be able to do this; it's not a fancy job but having the right tools makes it a lot easier to do without risking damage to your rifle.
Walt is correct. The rear sight needs to be moved in the same direction that you want the point of impact to move. So, you need to move the rear sight to the right.
I have adjusted many a dovetail rear sight with a small brass drift and a hammer. I never had to remove the stock and put the rifle in a vise either. We have hard rubber gasket like material covering our concrete benches at the range. I simply lay the rifle on its side and give the sight a few gentle taps moving it in the direction I want the point of impact to change to.
Be very patient. Small adjustments. Shoot a group. Need more? Another small adjustment. Shoot a group. Closer. Repeat. If you go too far and pass the convergence of POI and POA, then simpy tap it back the other way.
Oh, the drift may leave slight brass markings on the sight during this process. I have never had any trouble wiping these markings off with an oiled cotton cloth.
If one was adjusting for windage using the front sight, the opposite rule holds true.
Last edited by sheffieldshootr; 11-21-2009 at 11:46 PM.
Are you sure about that? Imagine the rifle mounted in a vice with the sights on the target and shooting 2.5" left. Correcting this would require moving the LOS to also be 2.5" left, that is, moving the rear sight to the right.
With the LOS and bore lined up, you could unclamp the rifle and shoot bullseyes.
Yeah, any gunsmith will be able to do this; it's not a fancy job but having the right tools makes it a lot easier to do without risking damage to your rifle.
Imagine this, mounting the barreled action in a soft vice so as not to ruin the finish on a stock. If your iron sight are printing to the left you move your rear sight to the left as you move you sight to the left it moves the bullet impact to the right...If you want to move your bullet impact up you move your rear sight up...
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Here's a simple demo. Using something straight a ruler or something. Make a V with the fingers of one hand on one end and put Mr pointer on the other end of the ruler and center it in the V. Now move the V (rear sight) to the right without moving your straight edge, NOW which direction do you have to move the front sight to get it centered again? That's the direction the impact will move.
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I have adjusted many a dovetail rear sight with a small brass drift and a hammer. I never had to remove the stock and put the rifle in a vise either. We have hard rubber gasket like material covering our concrete benches at the range. I simply lay the rifle on its side and give the sight a few gentle taps moving it in the direction I want the point of impact to change to.
Be very patient. Small adjustments. Shoot a group. Need more? Another small adjustment. Shoot a group. Closer. Repeat. If you go too far and pass the convergence of POI and POA, then simpy tap it back the other way.
One caution:
No shop is complete without the brass hammer and drift, BUT don't try this on something that has night sights unless they are just glow in the dark paint, some of the quality night sights use a small glass bead with tritium gas and if you fracture a bead you loss your gas, and your "night sights" become "sights".
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