Adjustable Front Sights - Mosin Nagant

[Riflechair]

I'm curious to know if anyone has tried one of these 'Smith Sight' products.

They look rotund enough to work well enough.

h ttp://www.smith-sights.com/

The Mosin-Nagant is an inexpensive but well-built surplus bolt action rifle. As many have found, most of these shoot high due to being set at the factory to impact 6" to 12" high at 100 meters, assuring a torso hit to 300 meters using a belt-buckle hold. With no fine adjustment provided, the American rifleman is often frustrated by his attempts to make precision hits.

 

[Chumlee Bumsnag]

I posted some pics of these sights in another thread a couple of hours ago. I couldn't get to the range today but I'm sure they'll work.

 

[BCRider]

I made up a taller one using a 2 1/2 inch finishing nail by chucking the nail in my drill and using a file and dial caliper to shape it. I copied the original with the conical base so it fits in the forward loop base with the normal wedge locking sort of deal. Then I was going to file it down as needed. But as it turned out making it about 1/16 taller was enough. It's working well at 100 yards with the rear sight clicked just one step off the end.

Because the rear is height adjustable with the stock setup and the front is easily drifted each way I can't see the point in and adjustable front sight.

 

[fiddler]

It looks OK, but 36 and 40 bucks each, its almost half the cost of the rifle just for the sights. I usally use a peice of heat shrink to raise it up the other 1/16th of an inch. For 30 or 40 bucks, I'd rather modify a nail. I'm not suggesting the product doesn't do what it says it does, but nails and heat shrink are pretty cheap and the same amount of work compared to what they are asking.

 

[ciphery]

I made up a taller one using a 2 1/2 inch finishing nail by chucking the nail in my drill and using a file and dial caliper to shape it. I copied the original with the conical base so it fits in the forward loop base with the normal wedge locking sort of deal. Then I was going to file it down as needed. But as it turned out making it about 1/16 taller was enough. It's working well at 100 yards with the rear sight clicked just one step off the end.

Because the rear is height adjustable with the stock setup and the front is easily drifted each way I can't see the point in and adjustable front sight.

The 1 setting is 6">12" high @ 100yds and the guns are zeroed @ 200meters with Russian military loads. If you change the load or are shooting closer than 200meters you are guessing where its going. Ever try a cast load? At 100yds with my load the rear sight is way low @ #4 setting and way high at #5....now what?

Let's take the 1/4" clicks out of your scope and replace them with 6" clicks. Get the idea?