Took the 1895 out with some other rifles yesterday, and my son was shooting it. Told me that he was able to move the front sight blade with his fingers. Looking at it, the blade fits loose enough in the dovetail to be able to just move it side to side. Is there a way to correct that, or will it require a whole new front sight (dovetail too loose to repair)? I know you should have to drift these for windage. No wonder he was playing hell hitting with it; I'm sure it was changing it's own area of impact with every new burst of recoil.
You can bend the high points of the dove tail down. With sight removed Take round end of 1/4 drill hold on sharp point of sight base hit with hammer, bend one side then the other . Go slow & light till u get the feel for it
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Remove the sight and dimple the bottom with a sharp punch , install with loc tite.
It's common with these guns...
This, you might hit the dovetail too.
The loctite is important too as the dimpling loses some effect when you install the sight.
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