M44 Mosin Nagant front sight

[WeThree]

Anyone know where I can buy a front sight for an M44? Its a little dovetailed piece that slides into a base on the end of the barrel. The post on the inside of mine is broken.

 

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

You could check with Tapco (http://www.tapco.com) or better yet, put a Mojo on it.

http://www.mojosights.com

Regards,
Rabbit.

 

[foghornl]

Second "Rabbit's" suggestion. Tapco sometimes has specials on various Mosin-Nagant 'most needed parts" kits.

 

[LynnKCircle]

There's another alternative, if any of the orignal pin remains. After I removed the bayonet from my M44, sawed off the lugs, and ground down the remaining metal into a neat ring, I took it out to see how it shot. At 100 yards I was shooting about three feet high. I went into a local crafts shop and found some straight plastic beads. I reamed one of them out enough so I could force-fit it on the orignal sight pin and epoxed it in place. Then, by carefully cutting it down at the range, I reached the point where I was pretty well zeroed at 100 yards.

Now, after a couple of hundred rounds the plastic fell apart. I then scoped ithe rifle and didn't worry about it. But I'm thinking if you found a hobby shop which specializes in model trains, you might find a small hollow brass tube you could force-fit over what's left of the original pin (again, if there is anything left at all). Even if there's only a little nub, you might get it to hold by using epoxy or Plastic Steel.

 

[Kalos]

There's also numrich (www.e-gunparts.com , I think?). You could also try something w/ a wire brad or finishing nail; I seem to have heard of folks doing that to remedy their mosins shooting high.