A little update on the aperture sight and I've added a few pictures to give you a better idea of what it looks like.
The sight in the first pictures turned out to be too low.
The hole was 1/4" above the top flat of the barrel and 3/32 in diameter.
When I shot the gun to regulate the sights ( 25 yrds.), the impact was way low, so I kept filing the front and it got to the point I'd end up with a "nubbin" for a front sight ....... not good !
So I started shooting the gun with the sight blade between the "ears", over the aperture and it turned out to be right on right where I had stopped filing the front blade.
I noted the height of the "ears" where I was sighting at 3/8".
So I have made a new sight and fitted it to the rifle.
The hole is 3/8" above the flat and 5/64 ths in diameter.
Here's a couple pics of the new sight.
In this second picture I tried to give you all an idea of what it looks like when you sight through it.
Like a big blurry buckhorn sight ! ( I couldn't catch the blade with the camera )
I haven't been able to shoot the gun in a while. The 4th and last kid moved out and I've been playing "HGTV" with his room ! But I'll keep you all posted as to the progress with this sighting system.
Mark
