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Offline Jason F

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sight heighth on 38-55
« on: June 20, 2012, 03:11:30 PM »
I want to put a skinner blade front sight on my 38-55 how do i measure how do i measure it? From the bottom of the dove tail to the top or is there another way?
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Re: sight heighth on 38-55
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2012, 04:06:41 PM »
The blade locates on the bottom surface and you measure overall height

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Re: sight heighth on 38-55
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2012, 12:31:14 PM »
Typically the front sight heights (OAH) includes the nominal 3/8 dovetail base (about .090") of the whole thing, even though the real 'blade' or ramp and 'blade'  height is above the barrel top surface.
FWIW, I like to have the front sight height -0- out at about 100yds with the rear adjustment no more than about 1/4 of the way up. This gives me some fine tuning 'down' adj. and still gets me the longer range high. When Ive tried to get the front/rear set up to be on at 100yd. with the rear at its lowest setting I often have wished I had a little more down to go. I have made mock up front sights with a 'ramp' of wood taped on the barrel with a finishing nail as the post & bead. This lets me find the right height of available sights ( remember, above the barrel plus that .090") to get it just so.
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Re: sight heighth on 38-55
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2012, 12:36:38 PM »
shur wish i cud still shoot wif irons these days... :(
that target peep that feller got in tha classifieds wud bea fine thang..i'll tellya ;)
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Re: sight heighth on 38-55
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2012, 12:43:09 PM »
 ;) ;D
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