Thread: .303 iron sights, Sporterized Long Tom.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

nah mate...I think we have all made this mistake...the first notch was aim at belt buckle ...deer cullers held below brisket its how sights were meant to be used... our resident author will be along soon hopefully and chime in...he did a speil about how these origonal battle sights are meant to be used some time back.....
now heathens like me took to back sight with V file and made a deep V in it....ruined its authenticness but worked to some degree.

Yes, deepening the V was a consideration, but a bit rangi bro…..

I’ll see what’s like at 200 then reconsider.

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Originally Posted by shift14

Yes, deepening the V was a consideration, but a bit rangi bro…..

I’ll see what’s like at 200 then reconsider.

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Devcon on foresight could be the way to go rather than deep-notching rear sight. Consider building up the shoulders of front sight with Devon before making it taller. Once dry and hard, file to desired shape/height rather than butcher original steel.

Originally Posted by Ingrid 51

Devcon on foresight could be the way to go rather than deep-notching rear sight. Consider building up the shoulders of front sight with Devon before making it taller. Once dry and hard, file to desired shape/height rather than butcher original steel.

Those were my thoughts, though can’t see it being robust enough for hunting. Hence my thought of measuring total height from the base of the dovetail and building the blade up with weld, or brazing on a piece of fine rod for a bead on top of the blade, which is flat topped.

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