NorthCoastBigBore
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There was a thread last year about how the Pedersoli Sharps tang sights don't fold backward in a way that lets a shooter wipe them out from the breech without removing the staff. That's always annoyed me too.
I've been trying my hand at making some tang sights myself over the past year, so I went ahead and made a base to move the pivot ahead and just see if I could resolve this challenge. If it didn't work, well I can use it for another project (and I am).
In my estimation, at least with the sight I have, it doesn't work. The diopter, even if I milled the base down a little more, or moved the pivot point lower, the staff will still interfere with the set up too much to get the staff low enough to allow a cleaning rod in there without some upward pressure on the bore and chamber.
Yes, I know that a flexible one will work here, that wasn't the result I was going for. This is personal preference only and I wanted to see how it would work.
Some photos of this "sub-project":
First, the blank (I made up three, for different rifles I have on the go):
Setting up the fixtures on the rotary table:
Shape matches beautifully, about to mill the slot:
Staff fits great (I haven't trimmed it or drilled the base holes those are the fixture mount holes you see there):
Annnd here it is installed and trying out the cleaning rod:
Might be a little hard to see the angle in that picture, but from my measurements I couldn't lower the staff enough to get a straight shot.
That's OK, that base goes on another rifle and I'll make the staff for it. Hope this is of interest...
I've been trying my hand at making some tang sights myself over the past year, so I went ahead and made a base to move the pivot ahead and just see if I could resolve this challenge. If it didn't work, well I can use it for another project (and I am).
In my estimation, at least with the sight I have, it doesn't work. The diopter, even if I milled the base down a little more, or moved the pivot point lower, the staff will still interfere with the set up too much to get the staff low enough to allow a cleaning rod in there without some upward pressure on the bore and chamber.
Yes, I know that a flexible one will work here, that wasn't the result I was going for. This is personal preference only and I wanted to see how it would work.
Some photos of this "sub-project":
First, the blank (I made up three, for different rifles I have on the go):
Setting up the fixtures on the rotary table:
Shape matches beautifully, about to mill the slot:
Staff fits great (I haven't trimmed it or drilled the base holes those are the fixture mount holes you see there):
Annnd here it is installed and trying out the cleaning rod:
Might be a little hard to see the angle in that picture, but from my measurements I couldn't lower the staff enough to get a straight shot.
That's OK, that base goes on another rifle and I'll make the staff for it. Hope this is of interest...
