On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 02:22:48 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:45:02 +0000, RGrew176
wrote:


I was off a bit when I said that the Mosin Nagants iron sights are
factory set for 300 yards, its 300 meters according to this article.

http://tinyurl.com/og7q42n

From the article:

Although some 91/30s were sighted in at 100 meters, most were zeroed at
the factory or arsenal for the expected battle distance of 300 meters.

I have seen a couple of schemes for raising the front sight but I
think I would be tempted to go with good old JB Weld. Clean the
existing sight with lacquer thinner and maybe even rough it up a bit
with a Dremel, then glop on a generous amount of JB and let it cure
well. Then tomorrow, shape it down with your dremel until it is a bit
better looking but taller than you know you need.
Take a file to the range and hone it in. I think, just for strength, I
would leave it wide at the base and taper it down to the desired width
at the top leaving the metal covered all the way. That should be a lot
more durable than the other things I have seen.
Color it to whatever you want. If you like white, use Marine Tex.
(the boating content) ;-)
Plan B might be to drive it all the way off and have a welder buddy
with a MIG put some extra metal on the sight and machine it back down.
You might even be able to braze a little metal on with the advantage
that the sight would be brass color at the tip.

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That would no doubt work but it might not pass muster with the match
inspectors. Increasing the notch depth of the rear sight seemed
promising the other day so I'm going to stick with that for another
week or two and see how it goes.