[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Problem with 1903A3 springfield

Posted: 12/16/2007 4:43:28 PM EDT

I have a Remington 1903A3 with a canted front sight. At the present time I have to have the windage moved all the way to the left just to hit center. What would be the best way to correct this? I thought about tilting the sight back over, but it is held in place with a key under the sight. I also thought about moving the rear sight over in the dovetail but I dont know if that is held in place by something also. For that matter I really did not what to touch the rear sight anyway. I really could use some help in matter.

Posted: 12/16/2007 4:53:50 PM EDT

[#1]

First, are you really sure it's canted, or does it just look canted when you're aiming down the sights? If it's the latter, that's normal. They all look canted when actually aiming the rifle because the front blade is so thin.

Second, the rear sight can be drifted in the dove tail. Set the windage to mechanical zero and drift the rear sight base to get you as close as possible to "no wind" zero at 100 yards.

Posted: 12/16/2007 5:00:09 PM EDT

[#2]

Is the front site blade bent ?

Posted: 12/16/2007 6:48:59 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
First, are you really sure it's canted, or does it just look canted when you're aiming down the sights? If it's the latter, that's normal. They all look canted when actually aiming the rifle because the front blade is so thin.

Second, the rear sight can be drifted in the dove tail. Set the windage to mechanical zero and drift the rear sight base to get you as close as possible to "no wind" zero at 100 yards.

There is no mistake, the sight is definately canted. I checked to see if the rear sight might have been off and it isn't. It is directly centered in the dovetail like it is supposed to be.(I checked it with a precision ruler) But if you look directly down the axis of the barrel you can actually see the tilt. Another possibility is that the extractor cut at the rear was off and when the armourer lined up the cut with the receiver slot. Whatever the case is this is definately frustrating considering that this is one of my favorite rifles.

Posted: 12/17/2007 10:28:14 AM EDT

[#4]

Is the sight canted or is the barrel not indexed proberly? I've seen the latter several times and would have that checked out first.

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