m11higgins11 said:
Just purchased a new 336 in 30-30, bought a Skinner Tactical ghost ring for the rear sight, a Truglo front sight and an XS Scout Rail to mount my scope. I stripped off the factory sights realizing that the stock sight hood was slightly bent causing the front sight to appear straight when in fact the sight is heavily leaning to the left while the rear factory sight is level. Is there some way to level off the front sight? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
When the barrel is assembled to the receiver, clock position is checked via the dovetail for the rear sight......That being said, it would appear the tapped holes for the front sight are out of position with regard to the dove tail. Or as Ken said the ramp itself could be at fault.......I've seen that also.
Two things can be done to correct this.............On a new rifle, send it mack to Marlin/Remington and request they correct the condition by changing the barrel and re-breeching the rifle..............That will give a 100% correct rifle.
On an older rifle, a gunsmith can remove the front ramp (provided it is not the problem) and re-locate new tapped hole in the correct clock position. When the ramp is re-installed the original holes will be hidden under the ramp.........
If your front hood was severely bent to hide the problem, I suspect some new Remington employee tried the conceal the error by bendsing the hood............They don't bend easily, so that was intentional.
You say its a new gun?.............call and get a shipping label and mail it back on their dime. If you send it back, ask to have the corrected rifle checked after repair, by the head of their gun repair before its return to you.
Tom
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