jlovie
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I've been hunting with my grandfathers marlin 30-30 for 15 years now. it's a little heavy and knicked up, but I love how it shoots and I love where it came from. About 4 years ago I bought a black powder with tru-glo sights on it and fell in love with them (the sights that is). The gun shop is a couple hours away from me where I bought the black powder, but he gave me a good deal when I bought it, so I gave him a call regaurding putting the same sights on my 30-30 and he said no problem.
I drive down, he installs them and I boot it home to try em out. The gun shoots almost a foot high even after I adjust the rear sight as much as I can. I figure, ok, mistakes happen, I give him a call, tell him my problem and although he doesn't sound very happy about it, he agrees to change the sights (fix his mistake). I ask if he has somewhere I can shoot it afterwards, he says yes, sounds good to me. Drive down again and he changes the front sight but says he has no place for me to fire the gun and that he made a mistake on the phone. Alright, I'm ticked but what do I do. Drive home and the gun now shoots about 3" high. I can hit dead on if I line up the sights, then bring up the rear of the gun just enough that I can't see the front dot, so obviously I can't try to hit a living thing shooting like this.
I'm getting nowhere with this shop, so I'm cutting my losses. I've never been against having a scope, I've always been happy with my irons. So my question is, should I try another shop (there is a reputable shop about an hour from me) and see if he can get the right sights in the front, or just have the gun tapped and mount a scope? (this marlin is side eject). Thanks guys.
I drive down, he installs them and I boot it home to try em out. The gun shoots almost a foot high even after I adjust the rear sight as much as I can. I figure, ok, mistakes happen, I give him a call, tell him my problem and although he doesn't sound very happy about it, he agrees to change the sights (fix his mistake). I ask if he has somewhere I can shoot it afterwards, he says yes, sounds good to me. Drive down again and he changes the front sight but says he has no place for me to fire the gun and that he made a mistake on the phone. Alright, I'm ticked but what do I do. Drive home and the gun now shoots about 3" high. I can hit dead on if I line up the sights, then bring up the rear of the gun just enough that I can't see the front dot, so obviously I can't try to hit a living thing shooting like this.
I'm getting nowhere with this shop, so I'm cutting my losses. I've never been against having a scope, I've always been happy with my irons. So my question is, should I try another shop (there is a reputable shop about an hour from me) and see if he can get the right sights in the front, or just have the gun tapped and mount a scope? (this marlin is side eject). Thanks guys.
