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I have another learning project. This is a very lightly used NEF R92 that shoots everything left...roughly 3/4" per 5 yards. There is a slightly visible cant to the front sight blade. Basically if I line up with the left edge of the front sight it is fairly close. The sight appears to be staked in but I can't tell much more..pic attached. My machine tools are limited to my old Atlas 10x36 and the Atlas milling attachment. I do have some 1x3 blocks and clamps plus a T slot cross slide I could also try for workholding.
Rear sight is a groove on top of the frame, so that is not an easy place to fix this IMO but I am open to ideas.
Some brainstorming by myself lead to a few options:
Rear sight is a groove on top of the frame, so that is not an easy place to fix this IMO but I am open to ideas.
Some brainstorming by myself lead to a few options:
- Mill in a dovetail and install an adjustable sight (front, back or both). Will be ugly. Will work. Will really stretch my equipment and machning skills.
- Heat up front sight with a torch. If it is soldered in that will soften and I can straighten it. Dunno if it is soldered, brazed, or pressed but leaning toward pressed/staked.
- Pin/screw on a 'corrected' front sight in place of the existing blade. Since it shoots high also a taller sight pinned to the correct side of the front sight would work. Will be ugly, should work, should be within my abilities and tooling.
- Remove old sight and replace with an aftermarket pinned sight that fits the slot which I assume is a half moon cut into the barrel. Drilling the pin hole(s) will be a challenge with the curved starting surface but I can probably get my milling attachment and an endmill to make it work.
- Grind off old sight, fill-n-smooth with JB Weld, drill and tap for a pin front sight.