TC Rear iron sight problem

[baitwaister]

I just picked up a 10" 41 mag barrel.  Went out and shot it yesterday and could not get the stock TC rear sight to lower enough to hit paper plate at 50 yds(roughly).  Shot about 6-8" high set all the way down.  The barrel is a TC factory barrel with the sweated (welded) front sight and iron rear sight as stated.  I was not that concerned, because I am going to put some type of red dot scope on it , till I started to look at removing the rear sight.  It is not like the other TC rear sights I have encountered so far in that the rear tang has a little stop on it.  When you relase the elevation screw it stops you from flipping up the sight and getting to the mounting screws.  It looks like to remove I would have to push out the hinge pin in the front of sight to  remove the sight so that I can get to the screws. Is this correct or is this sight also sweated on?  Either way I need to get it off or figure out some way of dropping the rear buckhorn so that it will hit what I aim at.  Any help would be appreciated.

[Curtis]

Yep, wrong sight height for that caliber.  As far as getting it off, you are correct that you have to drive the roll pin out of the front of the sight.  I had one of the wider sights do that to me if I remember correctly.  Once you get the pin out and top portion of the sight off you will see the screws.

Curtis