M305 Windage Issue

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Hello folks, I have tried searching this topic as broadly as possible but haven't returned any results. I have a new Norc M14 that I bought late last year and have so far put about 400 rounds through it, all commercial 150 gr. .308. The gun has proven itself to be very accurate, as far as I am concerned. This is the first rifle I have owned/shot with peep sights and I find them quite natural in function (after reading some of the advice on here about focusing mainly on the front sight post). I can consistently ring a 12"X12" steel plate at 325m and have managed a number of 2.25" groups at 100m, which I think is just dandy.

However, the rifle shoots pretty far to the right and I am wondering if anyone has had a similar experience or any experience based, non-conjectural (read: talking through your hat) advice. Here are the facts: when the rifle came new out of the box it was pretty close to zero but the front sight post was nearly as far to the right on the mount as it would go. I shot it for a bit and it hit fine but the asymmetry of it bugged me so I centered the post and went to see how much windage I would have to dial into it to get it back on. Turns out I have to dial it almost completely to the left. The front sight post and base is level in relation to the receiver (correctly timed, as far as I can tell), if that has any bearing. Is it correct to assume that the reason the front sight post base is so large is because you might have to use it? And if so, why? If I try to mount an optic on it, will I run out of windage on it just trying to get it centered? I have no intention of mounting an optic at this point but it would be nice to be able to, and I never dial windage when I shoot so I can live with an offset front post/rear dial if I must, but I am rather curious as to why this is so. Loose tolerance on boring of the receiver?

Edit: This probably has little bearing, but... I've never had the headspacing checked, however my super accurate seat of the pants dyno says that my brass shows zero signs of distress. Also, fired brass is dimensionally very close to my unfired brass, as far as my calipers can tell.
 
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My advice.
Replace your flash hider unit.
With a Springfield armory or usgi unit.
Then using the info in the stickies here, use 2 levelliing bars to check your barrel index. Correct if needed with a receiver wrench/barrel vice.

Reinstall front sight and happily bang away at those targets ;)

If it helps, I didn't stay at a holiday inn last night and I seem to have also lost my hat (for speaking thru) ;)
Your issue is common an all info to help you is all here.
 
Thanks for the replies guys, it seems as though I'll have to up my precision tool game, should I choose to pursue this further. Drilling the welds and fiddling with that flash hider sounds like a chore, I'd certainly have to prepare a bit more before I tackle that. I feel as though I've slogged through a great deal of the stickies already, I guess I missed it in the sheer weight of information.

Goldenbb, much appreciated, that seems to get right to the heart of the issue. I'll have to read up a bit more, but I am now unsure that correcting this issue is really worth the expense of the tooling, especially since the irons work as far as my eyes can see and it won't effect an optic. Maybe there's a smith up here in Fort McMurray...

I really appreciate the answers anyway, it set my mind at ease!

Edit: I have discovered the error in my searching ways, I did not realize that the default search period was two weeks and newer, no wonder I couldn't turn anything up. I'm not really that Internet savvy.

As far as the "hat" thing goes, I didn't mean to offend anyone out there :)
 
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