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<blockquote data-quote="David2012" data-source="post: 1884886" data-attributes="member: 24428"><p>As others suggest, it sounds like your front sight post is bent. Should be a fairly cheap part to replace. But there are a couple of things you might try to see if it is the front sight.</p><p></p><p>Get a small 2" string bubble level [a $1 at a dollar store] and put it on your barrel. Get it level. Then look straight down on the top of the sight post, can you view it as a single evenly spaced 'dot' on the tip of the post, or does it lean just a tad so you can see part of the post? You might also try shinning a small penlight on the post as you are looking down the barrel so that the shadow of the post shines on a white wall or piece of paper.... say 6" away.. if it is bent any.. it may show up to your naked eye in the larger projected shadow.</p><p></p><p>Or, if you have time and can bench your rifle solidly so it won't move at all.. Sight your rifle in on a target's zero point. Then start rotating your sight post a click or two at a time up or down and take another zero.... each time making a dot on the target for your new zero point. If the post is straight, then your zero marks should be in a staight line up or down... but if the post is bent, the marks will be zig-zagged.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="David2012, post: 1884886, member: 24428"] As others suggest, it sounds like your front sight post is bent. Should be a fairly cheap part to replace. But there are a couple of things you might try to see if it is the front sight. Get a small 2" string bubble level [a $1 at a dollar store] and put it on your barrel. Get it level. Then look straight down on the top of the sight post, can you view it as a single evenly spaced 'dot' on the tip of the post, or does it lean just a tad so you can see part of the post? You might also try shinning a small penlight on the post as you are looking down the barrel so that the shadow of the post shines on a white wall or piece of paper.... say 6" away.. if it is bent any.. it may show up to your naked eye in the larger projected shadow. Or, if you have time and can bench your rifle solidly so it won't move at all.. Sight your rifle in on a target's zero point. Then start rotating your sight post a click or two at a time up or down and take another zero.... each time making a dot on the target for your new zero point. If the post is straight, then your zero marks should be in a staight line up or down... but if the post is bent, the marks will be zig-zagged. [/QUOTE]
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