.35 Rem shooting 23" high
I have a 1971 336 in .35 Remington. I purchased it a few months from a guy going through a divorce. I mounted a Williams FP receiver sight on it and co-located (made sure they both saw the same sight picture) the receiver sight with the factory sight. I finally got around to shooting it this week. Using 150 gr Remington Core-locked ammo it shot 23 inches high at 100 yards (recoil was very mild). It was shooting 1" groups though which pleased me. What bothers me is that you can tell the rifle has been shot a lot. I figure it probably had a scope on it at one time to make up for the iron sights shooting high. Anyway, I have figured out how high to make the front sight & need to order one. I prefer the receiver sights, so that is the way I will go (using a taller front sight). So my question is do you think it was previously scoped?
I have a 1971 336 in .35 Remington. I purchased it a few months from a guy going through a divorce. I mounted a Williams FP receiver sight on it and co-located (made sure they both saw the same sight picture) the receiver sight with the factory sight. I finally got around to shooting it this week. Using 150 gr Remington Core-locked ammo it shot 23 inches high at 100 yards (recoil was very mild). It was shooting 1" groups though which pleased me. What bothers me is that you can tell the rifle has been shot a lot. I figure it probably had a scope on it at one time to make up for the iron sights shooting high. Anyway, I have figured out how high to make the front sight & need to order one. I prefer the receiver sights, so that is the way I will go (using a taller front sight). So my question is do you think it was previously scoped?