Question on sights Swedish 96/38

[Tul8202]

Recently picked up a nice 96/38. It seems to shoot a little high. Still working on sighting it in.

The rear sight is marked"T" the front sight blade is "0". The stock disk is unmarked - no punch marks anywhere on the disk. Not sure what that means?

If, after more time on the range, it continues to shoot high how are the front sight blades numbered to reflect a taller sight?

Thinking about shooting at 100 yard targets at my gun club.

Would appreciate any information.

Thanks

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[Patrick Chadwick]

Recently picked up a nice 96/38. It seems to shoot a little high. Still working on sighting it in. The rear sight is marked"T" the front sight blade is "0". The stock disk is unmarked - no punch marks anywhere on the disk. Not sure what that means? If, after more time on the range, it continues to shoot high how are the front sight blades numbered to reflect a taller sight? Thinking about shooting at 100 yard targets at my gun club.

The rifles were sighted in at (I think) 300 meters. For 100 yards, use the 6 o'clock hold, take a very fine sight (i.e) with the tip of the blade well down in the backsight notch, and try again. If that does not work, you will need a taller foresight blade. I do not know how they were numbered, but I doubt that you will find a source of original numbered foresight blades. But they are available as replacement parts with something like an 8mm blade. Fit a really tall one, to get the aim properly off the deck, then you will have some room for adjustment with the backsight slider.

Watch carefully to see if there is any tendency for the POI to drift as the barrel heats up. On just about all Mauser types this is an indication that the barrel is binding in the channel somewhere near the front end, and this should be fixed before you do anything about the sights.

Patrick


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The stock disk is unmarked - no punch marks anywhere on the disk. Not sure what that means?

After all these years (in fact: decades) nothing much. Those disks have been lost/replaced/faked so often that even if the rifle had a disk indicating perfect condition (half a century ago!), it would not prove anything now.

[Emri]

Brownells has "tall" Mauser front sight blades that can be fitted and filed to a specific point of impact.

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HTH,

Emri