I was talk into doing this against my better judgement. I am not going to mention any names but his initials are Leadeye.
I am still not sure how to feel about this type of work but overall, I am happy with the results, I am certainly am not soliciting work like this
Gun had no dovetail in it which was no problem to cut. The challenge (at least for me) was to make the sight for the dove tail.
After pics, final height size adjustments can be made after shooting
In process: Piece of brass
Prepping brass to cut dovetail insert
Cut a .300 x 60 degree sight insert
Then using aluminum Jaws on my vice I cut a dovetail a little smaller then the new sight for a fixture
Ready to cut the blade
Bladed
Some hand contouring.
Dovetail the gun. it has a taper barrel so the nylon inserts worked for holding
Cut the sight base to width
Gun had an octagon barrel so I used a 45 degree bit to shape the ends of the sight. this was hard to gauge when to stop. A bit of trial and error here.
I am still not sure how to feel about this type of work but overall, I am happy with the results, I am certainly am not soliciting work like this
Gun had no dovetail in it which was no problem to cut. The challenge (at least for me) was to make the sight for the dove tail.
After pics, final height size adjustments can be made after shooting
In process: Piece of brass
Prepping brass to cut dovetail insert
Cut a .300 x 60 degree sight insert
Then using aluminum Jaws on my vice I cut a dovetail a little smaller then the new sight for a fixture
Ready to cut the blade
Bladed
Some hand contouring.
Dovetail the gun. it has a taper barrel so the nylon inserts worked for holding
Cut the sight base to width
Gun had an octagon barrel so I used a 45 degree bit to shape the ends of the sight. this was hard to gauge when to stop. A bit of trial and error here.
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