Front sight problem

[browningautorifle]

It looks like some sort of shim at the receiver ring. That could be the culprit. Maybe the whole thing never fit to begin with.

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[Chuckindenver]

It looks like some sort of shim at the receiver ring. That could be the culprit. Maybe the whole thing never fit to begin with.

he,s right, i know exactly what that is,
when someone removed that barrel, they cut the shoulder, as they were to weak to just grunt it off, {or to lazy}{or in love with a lathe} so,
Sarco, and Gunparts sold them with this ring , like a Remington 700..
but hears the big issue..remember my comment on the shoulder crush of square threads? well, they dont crush, the shoulder of the barrel is the crush,
so the whole washer thing doesnt work..
so...that being the issue..the barrel is junk, trash, not safe to use. no if ands or butts about it..
the only way to make that rifle safe again, is to replace the barrel.
contact Kreiger barrels and see if the will send a 1917 Barrel over seas.
it will cost you a bit to get the thing here..
then, buy the tools from Brownells, or Ebay,, i see them now and then..
a nice set will cost about 125.00, or see if you can find them in your Country.
then change the barrel yourself..its not that hard, if you contact me direct with the info listed below, ill be happy to walk you through it.
DONT FIRE THAT RIFLE WITH THAT POS OF A BARREL IN IT.!! talk about headspace issues..
your receiever looks to be parkerized, and nothing you can do to remove the jaw marks, as the 17,s are surface hardened, if you grind off the marks, you will take off the surface hardening..DONT DO IT..
the index issues is not the big problem here, the headspace and safety is.