Need some front sight help/recomendation

Gnome75

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I have a JW25a and with the rear sight at its lowest point it still shoots quite high. Kinda feels like shooting a 300 yard zero enfield at 100m except at 22lr distances.

I tried looking for a rear sight to put on the rail that could look over current rear sight and be adjustable but I have no luck. AR rear sight is way too high.

I am on plan B now. I am thinking I could put a mosin front sight on and either file down the post or do the electrical wire insulator trick. The issue is I don't know if it would fit. I measured the current sight. Could any one with a mosin measure their front sight dovetail to see if it would fit on my rifle? I no longer have one. I am not against taking a file to it and make it smaller so that it actually fits.

Here is the dove tail. It sticks out quite a bit because it shoots way right
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Plan C is to make it a forever scoped rifle.

If any one has any ideas I would like to hear them
 
The lower your front sight the higher your rifle will shoot. You need to bring your front sight up by the sounds of it.
 
maynard said:
The lower your front sight the higher your rifle will shoot. You need to bring your front sight up by the sounds of it.
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I agree. That is why I am wondering if I could put a mosin front sight on because it is easy to alter. I have no idea how to alter a sight blade.
 
Are you hunting with it or just shooting targets...? Hunting will require an alteration but if you are just shooting at paper for the fun of shooting it doesn't really matter that it shoots high... hold on a lower target and hit the upper one... you can still get grouping. But why not shoot at the distances it is meant to be shot at, instead of .22 rim fire distances?

Most gunsmiths would be able to build your front sight up... that's the easiest solution...
 
guntech said:
Are you hunting with it or just shooting targets...? Hunting will require an alteration but if you are just shooting at paper for the fun of shooting it doesn't really matter that it shoots high... hold on a lower target and hit the upper one... you can still get grouping. But why not shoot at the distances it is meant to be shot at, instead of .22 rim fire distances?

Most gunsmiths would be able to build your front sight up... that's the easiest solution...
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I am just shooting it for fun and maybe shoot some small game.

I dont like to hold over so i will look into building it up with solder myself
 
I would not build it up with solder if I were doing the job. I would solder a piece of steel of the same width as the sight onto the top of the sight and then file it to the correct height and profile. Tin the top of the sight and the bottom of the extension. Clamp the extension in place (a piece of flat spring or shipping band works well) heat and apply a little more solder.

I have to say, that sight looks very high as is. Are you taking a fine bead or placing the top of the front sight even with the top of the rear? A finer bead will lower the POI and you might be able to file the notch on the rear sight a little deeper to further lower POI.
 
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