I finished my precarve from hell rifle and gave it a go on my range. The first shots were a foot low so I started filing on the front sight, I got the group up to 4.5" low and had the front sight as filed own as far I want to go with it.
I need to make or buy a new rear sight that is taller but I don't know how much it will take to raise the impact point up where I need it. my current sight is the standard Lancaster that Track sells with a base .585 long and the blade height of .220.
As near as I can tell there are no other sights listed with this length base so I would have to buy one with a longer base and cut it down.
It looks like the next step up is a sight with a .300 blade height, then a sight that is .425 tall.
I know some of you guys are extra talented in calculating the projected sight height, I have always been a shoot and file kind of guy.
How much more height would put me in the ball park for a group that is 4.5" low. I know that barrel bending is an option but have never done it.
This is my 50 yard group, .54 shooting a .530 ball, .018 ticking patch and 80gr of 2F. Not too bad right out of the box and the first load I tried, this is a Bobby Hoyt rebore that I had changed from a .50 to a .54.
I have 74 year old eyes that don't see sights well, no telling what someone with good eyes could get out of the gun.
Forgot to mention; I filed the sight for the last time between the low shot and the next two.
I need to make or buy a new rear sight that is taller but I don't know how much it will take to raise the impact point up where I need it. my current sight is the standard Lancaster that Track sells with a base .585 long and the blade height of .220.
As near as I can tell there are no other sights listed with this length base so I would have to buy one with a longer base and cut it down.
It looks like the next step up is a sight with a .300 blade height, then a sight that is .425 tall.
I know some of you guys are extra talented in calculating the projected sight height, I have always been a shoot and file kind of guy.
How much more height would put me in the ball park for a group that is 4.5" low. I know that barrel bending is an option but have never done it.
This is my 50 yard group, .54 shooting a .530 ball, .018 ticking patch and 80gr of 2F. Not too bad right out of the box and the first load I tried, this is a Bobby Hoyt rebore that I had changed from a .50 to a .54.
I have 74 year old eyes that don't see sights well, no telling what someone with good eyes could get out of the gun.
Forgot to mention; I filed the sight for the last time between the low shot and the next two.
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