97th Signalman
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I just bought a new Marble tang sight made for the Savage 99. I have a fine old Savage 99 EG made in 1940. It has a perfect bore and about a 75 % finish with some nice old original wood. The semi-buckhorn sight is Ok but not the best for my 65 year-old eyes. I purchased a new Marble tang sight made to fit the original drilled tang on these rifles. Just as I have heard from some others on other sites, the sight base does not fit down on the metal of the tang because the wood of the stock wrist is proud of the tang and it wont let the sight base sit flat and tight to the metal. I really would like to fit this sight to this fine old rifle that is in original (meaning no bubba like mods or extra drilling) configuration. My dilemma is this:
Do I inlet the wood a bit so it won't interfere with the sight mounting?
OR: Do I make or have made some sort of shimming mounting adapter to fit under the sight base at the tang to get it up clear of the stock wrist behind the tang so I don't have to mess with the wood.
Has anyone else ever dealt with this issue? I am anti-bubba and I don't want to disfigure this fine old rifle.
I would appreciate your advice, experience, and opinions.
Do I inlet the wood a bit so it won't interfere with the sight mounting?
OR: Do I make or have made some sort of shimming mounting adapter to fit under the sight base at the tang to get it up clear of the stock wrist behind the tang so I don't have to mess with the wood.
Has anyone else ever dealt with this issue? I am anti-bubba and I don't want to disfigure this fine old rifle.
I would appreciate your advice, experience, and opinions.