I'd like to put a tritium bead on an 18.5" barrel for a Mossberg 500 (it's actually a New Haven 600 AT, but I don't think it matters for this question). When I got this barrel, it had already had the choke & bead hacked off, I just cut it back further (and nicer).
This gun shoots spot on for me with its original 28" barrel with a bead in a rib, so when I sight down the new, unribbed barrel, it naturally hits high. As such, I assume that tapping the barrel for a tritium bead will yield a high POI.
I'm willing to sweat on some new rib to tap for the tritium bead, but I can't find the raw materials for a rib. It looks like it's constructed of simple spacers and a rail... where to buy these?
I would alternately consider sweating on a ramp, but I can't find a ramp whose dovetail matches an available tritium front sight.
Any suggestions? Am I considering the whole thing incorrectly? Is there a simpler answer? I can drill/ tap or solder, but I can't (I think) mill a dovetail slot.
As always, thanks so much for your help,
Jonathan
This gun shoots spot on for me with its original 28" barrel with a bead in a rib, so when I sight down the new, unribbed barrel, it naturally hits high. As such, I assume that tapping the barrel for a tritium bead will yield a high POI.
I'm willing to sweat on some new rib to tap for the tritium bead, but I can't find the raw materials for a rib. It looks like it's constructed of simple spacers and a rail... where to buy these?
I would alternately consider sweating on a ramp, but I can't find a ramp whose dovetail matches an available tritium front sight.
Any suggestions? Am I considering the whole thing incorrectly? Is there a simpler answer? I can drill/ tap or solder, but I can't (I think) mill a dovetail slot.
As always, thanks so much for your help,
Jonathan