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Front sight installation [message #3816]

Sat, 05 March 2011 16:14

dmccorki
Messages: 4
Registered: December 2010
Location: virginia

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Reinstalling metal sights on my .22 barrel. Does the front sight install from the right side(looking down the barrel)of barrel mounting base? Looks like it slides in from the right but do not want to force it.
Thanks.

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Re: Front sight installation [message #3932 is a reply to message #3816]

Wed, 09 March 2011 16:28

Crubear
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Registered: March 2010
Location: NW Georgia

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It's a tight fit, you'll have to carefully tap it in. You should try to put it in from the same side it came out, but it really shouldn't make a difference

Honestly, I have all the barrels I want or could ever need..... wait, look, there's another!!

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Re: Front sight installation [message #4104 is a reply to message #3932]

Thu, 17 March 2011 21:38

dmccorki
Messages: 4
Registered: December 2010
Location: virginia

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Thanks. Lost the original sight so had to start from scratch. Measured the sight with my calibers and found that best to start from the right--looking down the barrel. After I installed it, a call to Thompson technical folks confirmed that was best way to install. Should have called first and saved some time.

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