On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:34:08 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 1/19/2015 6:22 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
My club is starting up an event for antique military rifles. After
hearing all of the rave reviews here and other places, I went out and
bought a Mosin Nagant 91/30 the other day. It seems to be in fairly
good condition and shoots reliably but is consistently about 8 or 9
inches high at 50 yards which is the distance for our event. The rear
sight is down all the way. The gun must be totally stock for the most
part - no scopes or replacement sights are allowed which sevely limits
the options.

One thing I was thinking about was cutting the notch in the rear sight
a little deeper. Any ideas on that or anything else?



Just raise the target 8.5 inches. :-)



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I may have found a solution. Since I needed to either raise the front
site about 1/10th of an inch or lower the rear by the same amount, I'm
trying a little of each. First I used a very small file to deepen the
notch in the rear sight. It's not nearly a tenth but it makes the
notch easier to see and is a step in the right direction. For the
front sight I salvaged a thin piece of orange plastic from a "squid
like" fishing lure, cut it to length, and glued it to the back of
front sighting post, leaving a bit sticking out above the top.
Using a black magic marker I toned down everything but the very tip of
the plastic. It now looks like an orange dot and is highly visible
through the rear sight.

I'll try it out tomorrow and see how it works.