HoosierQ
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So I put Tech Sights on my 10/22. Drifted out the front sight from left to right. Had the whole thing supported well. Took some serious whacking to get it out...but out it came.
Installed the new front sight and the rear sight...check.
I noticed that the now very tall front sight was definitely canted over in the direction that I drifted the sight out...clockwise looking down the barrel. I checked the sight itself and it was in there very straight in the dovetail and the factory sight also gave the same appearance of having canted clockwise.
So I took my punch, set it on the sight base instead of the dovetail and basically gave it as many and as hard a whacks counter clockwise and it is definitely straight again.
Did I mess the darn thing up? I am talking canted to maybe 12:01, 12:02 and then back again to straight up 12:00 now. I assume not but thought I'd ask.
Installed the new front sight and the rear sight...check.
I noticed that the now very tall front sight was definitely canted over in the direction that I drifted the sight out...clockwise looking down the barrel. I checked the sight itself and it was in there very straight in the dovetail and the factory sight also gave the same appearance of having canted clockwise.
So I took my punch, set it on the sight base instead of the dovetail and basically gave it as many and as hard a whacks counter clockwise and it is definitely straight again.
Did I mess the darn thing up? I am talking canted to maybe 12:01, 12:02 and then back again to straight up 12:00 now. I assume not but thought I'd ask.