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MidwestCrisis
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Hey guys, so I found a load for the’95 I like.  Taking it out I put 2 in the same hole at 25 yds.  50 yds I was at 2”, but it’s shooting about 4” high. It has the blade front sight and the ladder sight on the rear.  The rear is marked 15 to 32 at the top and 4 to 14 on the side.  I have it in the 4 notch.  I know I have a replacement barrel, is my rear sight correct?  Do I need to get a taller front sight?  Or it’s calibrated for a belt buckle hold at 400 yds like all the military rifles. Thanks for the help. 

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Taller front sight is most likely best solution, what type barrel do you have and how tall is the front sight? Rifle or carbine?

 

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TXGunNut said
Taller front sight is most likely best solution, what type barrel do you have and how tall is the front sight? Rifle or carbine?

 

Mike

  

Carbine, 22” tapered, the front sight measures about. .435 from the base of the blade in the sight mount to the top. Has a lovely hand soldered brass bead. So measurements are close. Once I got it home I realized it was going to be a project.  I understood it had been “put together”, the bore is good. It functions well.  I like shooting it.  It would be nice to hit where I’m aiming.  

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Adam 

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IMG_0215.jpegThe front sight. I’ve been putting the brass in the bottom of vee. With a dead hold hold it’s about 3.5” high 

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You can experiment by epoxy attaching a section of brass wire on top of the front sight.  A larger gauge of wire will give a bigger bead, so can get some variance there too.  If you like it, it could be left alone.  If not it can be removed, dressed up slightly with a file (done very carefully) and none the worse for wear.  But then you will have a potential height to work with.  Tim

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Tim,

I agree with you, as my father in law gunsmith would do just that for a few customers, and he would use different pieces of copper wire, and fashioned like you said, and after epoxy/gluing it to the sight, would clear coat it, keeping the tip on it shinny, as he would black paint the rest of it,(middle/front), and it really looked nice and worked out well.

 

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A taller sight blade would be easy to fabricate for that set-up. You could also build up the blade with a black hot glue stick to figure out the height needed.

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