banded front-sight job
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:32 pm
A Krag barrel, I recently installed was lacking a front sight.
It was actually an original carbine barrel, but, the Armory front-base had been filed 'flush'. Only the seam of bronze brazing remained.
A crude dovetail had been filed near the muzzle and was too crooked to use.
I temporarily had a 1903 Springfield front sight on the barrel, but, had grown tired of the 'can-opener' look on a Krag.
Years ago, an unmarked commercial 'banded' front-sight base had been purchased off ebay.
It required a bit of reaming, drilling through a blind 'cross-pin' hole, adapting a Redfield blade, and fabricating a lock screw.
The 'banded' sight hides the ugly dovetail and turned-out to my liking. I found that a piece of heavy coat-hanger wire, spun in a Drill and shaped with a File, makes a nice 'tapered' cross-pin.
It was actually an original carbine barrel, but, the Armory front-base had been filed 'flush'. Only the seam of bronze brazing remained.
A crude dovetail had been filed near the muzzle and was too crooked to use.
I temporarily had a 1903 Springfield front sight on the barrel, but, had grown tired of the 'can-opener' look on a Krag.
Years ago, an unmarked commercial 'banded' front-sight base had been purchased off ebay.
It required a bit of reaming, drilling through a blind 'cross-pin' hole, adapting a Redfield blade, and fabricating a lock screw.
The 'banded' sight hides the ugly dovetail and turned-out to my liking. I found that a piece of heavy coat-hanger wire, spun in a Drill and shaped with a File, makes a nice 'tapered' cross-pin.