New 1917--front sight problem

[Calfed]

Recently scored a new Eddystone. Shot a few rounds through it last week to see how it did and was a bit disappointed.



Not horrible, but not great either.

Today I was looking it over and discovered that the front sight blade is loose in the base. It won't slide completely off, but it does move back and forth about 1/16th of an inch. I think that could explain some of the horizontal dispersion of the group.

What is the best way to fix it?

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[Chuckindenver]

remove the front sight, unless the base is bent it will come out, if its bent, straighten it.
after you get the front sight off.
with a small flat nosed punch raise the edge on each side front and aft.
then replace the sight,
off left to right.
on right to left.