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ckwilli

ckwilli

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OK I have a rookie question. I shot my TC hawken and thought I had it dialed in pretty good. I had really nice groups at 50 yards, which is my general hunting distance. After I got home and was cleaning my rifle I discovered my sight blade would move side to side. It would move enough that it would line up with the next “tick mark” over. (Not sure what those marks are called). Apparently this made no difference when I was zeroing and it’s never been an issue before but my OCD started getting into my head. Is this normal movement? I can’t see that it would make much difference at short range but noticeable at long range. Is there a way to lock the blade to prevent movement? Sorry if this has been covered before. Thanks in advance.
 
Paint the threads with clear nail polish. Worst case, coat the screws with blue Loctite.
I reread your post. If it is a front sight dovetail, it should be tight. The only idea I have is to stake it in place with a punch.
 
bigstick6017555 said:
Have a T/C 50 cal flintlock and a T/C .36 cal percussion Seneca and mine do not move, check threads may be stripped
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Threads definitely aren’t stripped. The windage adjustment has a very distinct click every time you turn the windage asjustment screw. The blade itself moves.
 
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I attached a couple of photos to help clear it up. The rear aperture, blade, whatever you want to call it moves left to right. You can see in the two photos that there is a half a click of free movement between the two. I initially said a whole click but it’s more of a half.
 
ckwilli said:
Unmentionable firearms that have adjustable rear sights have “blades” in the sight assembly. That is my frame of reference and the reason I was asking for help. No disrespect taken.
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That’s the built in tolerance and of little consequence at 50 yards under hunting conditions.
My suggestion is if it bothers you replace the rear sight with a solid sight.
 
Phil Coffins said:
That’s the built in tolerance and of little consequence at 50 yards under hunting conditions.
My suggestion is if it bothers you replace the rear sight with a solid sight.
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Thanks. I didn’t know there was a tolerance built in. I think I’ll eventually replace it with a peep of some sort but that will have to wait. I just wanted to know if it was normal and if there was a way to tighten it down. Thank you.
 

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