No wonder it shoots to the right.

[EggMcMuffown]

I took my first trip to the range with my Norinco M14S and it was shooting way to the right. I needed to adjust the windage to the second mark left of the centre(largest) one to hit the bullseye @ 25. I thought it was a barrel indexing problem, until I looked a little closer and could see that the big windage mark is not centred on the reciever. It is 1/16" off centre. Are all M14's like this or is this just Norinco quality control?

 

[45ACPKING]

is it the markings on the receiver? or is it the centerline on the actual rear sight base..... have a look... i have seen MANY of the norcs with a rear sight base that has the center windage line NOT on center. This is why i recommend to most folks that if yer gonna use irons most of the time.... get a set of m1 garand rear sights norc rear sights are junk a good percentage of the time..... i just got a real nice set off a popular bidding site for 70.00 to my door.

 

[EggMcMuffown]

Sight base looks good, 9/16" from both sides.

 

[tiriaq]

Front sight centred?
Basically, what difference does it make which is the basic mark for zero windage? Once you know where zero is, you work from there.

 

[Mr.4x4]

Front sight centred?
Basically, what difference does it make which is the basic mark for zero windage? Once you know where zero is, you work from there.

unless its a safe queen, guns used for hunting, hiking ect can loose zero pretty easy while getting banged around. knowing that the middle line on the rear is zero windage helps alot.