Cooey Ace - Suggestions for sights?

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Hi all,

I have a Cooey Ace and while it holds a decent group the sights are fixed (the rear sight looks in the pic like it will move, but it wont, its welded in im sure). To take the guess work out of aiming, im looking for some ideas on what to do?

Heres a pic of an Ace (not mine).

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Unless yours is special that rear sight should drift with a brass punch and a hammer, they never were adjustable for elevation. The only other options require drilling and tapping it to do it properly and put a set of Williams or Lyman peeps on it. Or you could rough up the metal and glue a set on with JBweld... But that's a real hokey bubba way to go.
 
As mikeystew said, I'm certain the sight will tap out (usually from left-to-right) with a hammer & brass drift.

One idea (I did this once, and it worked great) was a Micro adjustable rear sight for a Colt .45 auto. It locks into place with a setscrew, and is adjustable for both windage and elevation. Has a nice white outline, too, although you could black it out with a Sharpie if you wanted to. I haven't priced them out recently, but IIRC, it wasn't expensive at the time.

There are lots of other adjustable pistol sights out there similar to it, and I'm sure there are rifle sights like that too. Should get you going fairly quickly...
 
I wouldn't suggest this for a high quality rifle-but you can greatly improve the iron sights by welding on a washer,and turning it into a ''ghost ring''-not as good as a reciever mounted one ,but still a great improvement.Now I can shoot with iron sights on my Ranger.
 
blasted_saber said:
Guess I'll try and get it to drift. I tried before and she wasnt budging.
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Take it out of the stock and put the action in a vise if you have one. Soak the sight in penetrating oil and let it sit for a couple hours. If it still won't come out you can use a blowtorch to heat the action (not the sight) until really hot. It should expand the metal enough that the dovetail will free up enough to drift out.
 
I once mounted a scope on a Cooey such as that one, with no drilling.
Get a set of bases and rings that fit the scope you want to use. If possible, get a smaller tubed, maybe Bushnell, designed for 22 rimfire. They made a 7/8 " one that is a great little scope for a 22.
Use round files to file out the bottom of the bases until they roughly fit the rifle. Sand the bluing off of the top of the rifle, where the bases will be.
Use JB Weld epoxy to glue the bases to the rifle.
Use rubber bands to hold tension on the mounted scope and bases, until the epoxy hardens.
It hardens so slow, that ample time is allowed to basically line up the scope, before it sets.
The bases become an integral part of the rifle, solid as a church.
 
Well I managed to bludgeon the rear sight out and clean it up. Moves a little easier now and I can at least adjust it. Couldnt find a brass punch so used a 3" brass bolt that was in my "bits and pieces" bin.

I think im going to find a Marbles folding leaf sight for it and try that.
 
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