Ruger 10/22 sights..

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Just got a brand new 10/22 synthetic carbine! **** it yesterday for the first time! **** about 100 rounds and not a single malfunction!

I Really like the gun It shots great! Shoots nice tight groups 1" to the right@25 yards. No matter how hard I tapped w a brass rod and hammer the sight would not drift. There is no set screw that I could find.

Any ideas? I guess I need a sledge hammer and a vice. I really want to run the gun with irons so I need to be able to fix this
 
I guess I need a sledge hammer and a vice.
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Yes, they are tight. With my Take down, I had to wrap the barrel in hard rubber, and use a vice. But, I got it done. If your serious about using sights, listen to the captain. ;)
 
+1 on the Tech Sights. Suggest you also get the adjustment wrench if you go that route.
 
I haven't priced one lately, but are sight pushers all that expensive? Won't ding up your gun, and are the right tool for the job. Just my 2 cents worth.
 
+2 on the Tech Sights. Easy to adjust and allowed me to shoot much smaller groups with my 10-22. Not too pricey.
 
If I remember right, my sight pusher was around $50. I don't use it much though. The trick to drifting sights is for the gun to be immobile. If you don't have one, a padded vise would be a better investment or just a set of jaw pads if you already have a bench vise.
 
tech sights are nice, but I've really enjoyed the the williams peep on mine. lower profile, cheaper, works great. Not particularly easily adjustable, they're more set it and forget it sights.
 
There is a tool for adjusting sights on a Ruger 10/22 and guns with similar sights. I have covered sights with masking tape and moved them with a C-clamp. Once the sight moves just a little bit you can easily tap it over with a drift punch
 
Tech sights are a good option, Im very happy with the set on my Marlin 60. I had a similar problem moving the sights on a 1911 (even with a vice). I applied a little heat with a heat gun ($10 version from Harbor Freight) and it moved with just a couple whacks with a hammer and punch.
 
I installed Tech Sights on mine. To remove the front sight I used a rotary tool (dremel) to make a vertical cut in it (to reduce the amount of friction holding it in the dovetail). I then used a Williams sight pusher to drift it out. I realize this damages the front sight but I just thought I would relay my experience.
 
I've done 4 Ruger front sights so far
#1&2&4 were absurdly easy
#3, however, I should have gotten out the dremel to remove the factory front

One of the really nice things about Tech-Sights is that they go in easy. You may have to get a bigger hammer or a helper to stabilize the gun to remove the stock sight, but that TS front unit will slide in easy and THEN you set the dovetail tension with the ingenious built-in expander screw.
 
I've never handled a 10/22 with tech sights, and this is not meant to be an inflammatory post, it's an honest question: Function aside, all you tech sights fans, do you think, deep down inside, that they look a little stupid? I think they look like they're way too big. Is is different in person?
 

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they look less silly than a scope, and I only really care about what they look like from the rear

do you want a pretty wall-hanger or a gun you can shoot well?
 
Do you think an M1 Carbine looks stupid? It looks different after they are installed compared to the sleek flat look of the OEM. You want stupid you should see the "Frankenfield" I rescued from a pawn shop for $125. It was a number 4 with a scope and a home made buttstock that looked like the end of a crutch with a pistol grip built in. I put the original sights back on and modified the butt to allow a good cheek weld and was able to shoot a 5 round 1.5" group at 100 yds. It isn't pretty but if you were on the recieving end you wouldn't care.
 
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I've never handled a 10/22 with tech sights, and this is not meant to be an inflammatory post, it's an honest question: Function aside, all you tech sights fans, do you think, deep down inside, that they look a little stupid? I think they look like they're way too big. Is is different in person?
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I don't give a crap what they look like.. To the shooter viewing though them, they look like standard AR-15, M1, miltary style iron sights. They are WAy more functional and make for a great training rifle when used on a 10/22.
 
It looks different after they are installed compared to the sleek flat look of the OEM.
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Some would call the Ruger stock sights "sleek and flat", I suppose.
I wouldn't, I'd call them "non-useful", or "vestigal", or "atrophied" ... or I'd point out that Ruger expects the user to mount a scope and doesn't bother putting on decent sights.

I really like a lot about the 10/22 design; ergonomics, action, ease of maintenance and modular parts, simplicity, etc etc
But the stock sights are crap, I don't understand why Ruger doesn't just offer a basic aperture setup on some models - luckily Tech Sights (and others) fill that void in the market by supplying vastly superior sights that aren't terribly expensive (at least compared to an optic, anyway) and are easy to install.
 
Thanks for all the input!

I actually was able to get it dialed in perfectly today. I took a clothes pin apart and used one half, minus the spring of course to support the barrel. The clothes pin was basically the perfect size to support the barrel so all the force of the hammer went into the sight and the the gun didn't rotate upon hammering.

Seems like after I got it to move the 1st time it moved easier after that. I had over corrected windage just a tad and it went back with less force.

Anyhow, I'm shooting nice little groups off the bench exactly where they should be and am happy.

I may look into the tech sights later but am going to run the ruger sights until our squirrel season closes in February for sure.
 
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