Adjusting windage on Cooey Model 60

[CUSTOM441]

Hey all, I'm headed to the range today with a few of my rifles and one thing on the to do list is to sight in an old Cooey 60 I bought last fall. I know for a fact the elevation is good, which is adjusted by the rear sight leaf ramp, but the windage is off. Can't remember if it shoots left or right, but it looks like this is adjusted at the front sight blade. It's fixed into the barrel with a dovetail, and I have no idea how to adjust this other than maybe a hammer and punch? If there's a tool out there for this should I know about it?

Cheers

 

[tiriaq]

Hammer and non-marring punch.

 

[fivehundredlimited]

I've used a piece of brass as a punch and a hammer. Send to work fine. I also put a rag between the front blade and the brass punch to help protect the finish.

 

[ryan]

There's no tool because of the round barrel. Punch is the only way to get this done.

 

[Frank McFarquhar]

There's no tool because of the round barrel. Punch is the only way to get this done.

A brass / aluminum punch & hammer have been used ever since those sights where made & work fine.
Fancy tools to more dovetail sights are not usually needed . They just keep the tool maker rich . ,,,,,,,,,,,, Frank

 

[CUSTOM441]

Perfect. Brass punch and hammer is easy. I don't have a gun vice though, and I'm not sure my range does either. Any suggestions for keeping this in place while I tenderly beat the business end of my rifle?

 

[kamlooky]

Soft jaws in a normal vice?
I made a pair up with plywood and glued some dense foam to the inside.

 

[Dan B]

Another option is to use duct seal, set the rifle on its side and place a good chunk of duct seal under the barrel at the front sight.
That way you can drive straight down on a bench - works for roll pins and with irregular shaped parts that are hard to hold in a vice.

The large area of a barrel or receiver won't move much with a hammer blow but the smaller parts will punch into the duct seal.

Dan

 

[BCRider]

Perfect. Brass punch and hammer is easy. I don't have a gun vice though, and I'm not sure my range does either. Any suggestions for keeping this in place while I tenderly beat the business end of my rifle?

Find a block of wood that holds the barrel up more or less level. To tap the sight this way and that you want to use a short sharp tap. The idea is to mostly do it with inertia as your "vise". So no hits with any carry through like we tend to do when something is in a vise. And needless to say a little goes a long way.