For the first time, I took the receiver sight base off my old Win 71. This gun has seen hard duty and has a lot of wear and tear on it. But I was startled to find that some one took a hand drill to the screw holes for some reason and the screw holes may even be out of line. Maybe the receiver sight was a home install. The screws themselves look to have been tapered with a file and don't seem very secure when I try to reinstall the sight base.
I wanted to put on a new Williams Fool Proof as the old (Lyman?) sight is badly worn and hard to keep tightened - the brass thumb nut is badly worn.
What would be the recommended fix for this mess? Could a good smith open and straighten and rethread the holes to a fatter screw size on the receiver and base? Fill the holes and drill new ones?
I'm frustrated as I wanted to do some load development and practice with this old gun.
What was also frustrating was that Williams FP I bought off Ebay turns out not to be for the Win 71 but for a Ruger Single Shot! Trying to get that sorted out too. Gotta be careful.
Anyway, suggestions are welcome.
