Remington Rolling Block Rear Sight

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Bud Hyett posted this 05 July 2024

Does any one make a windage and elevation adjustable sight suitable for custom octagon barreled military action Remington Rolling Block with an octagon barrel that attaches to the rear of the barrel? Now when adjusting for range, that staff does not go up perpendicular to the bore and windage must be adjusted to compensate. 

The problem to overcome is the military action has the tang is forged and not parallel to the bore. These had the rear sight placed on the barrel with no need for the tang to be controlled.

We can file a flat portion on the bore, shim the base on one side, or possibly find a sight like the Buffington sight for the 1894 Trapdoor. (There is one suggestion already, mill a flat bottom on the Buffington and use it.)

Any thoughts or expereince will be greatly appreciated.

Farm boy from Illinois, living in the magical Pacific Northwest

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pat i posted this 05 July 2024

Milling a Buffington sight sounds like a pretty good idea although the cheapest and probably the most accurate idea is shimming the existing tang sight. Amazon has combination packs of 12 stainless pieces running from .001 to .005 for under 20 bucks.

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