Why is does my French Berthier 8mm carbine have flyers always to the right

[rayg]

Well I just checked the rifling twist and it's a left hand twist. Possibly the bore on the short barrels has to point more to the right to compensate for the left twist of the rifling in the shorter barrel. Again this is the 2nd carbine with the shorter barrel I fired were the the shot went way to the right.
I never worry were the shots go as long as they group well. I've never had a old military rifle that didn't have adjustable sights that shot center. But this carbine is so far right that there has to be a reason why they set the sights like they did. Possible if I fired full velocity jacketed loads it would shoot on target. Maybe the short barrels with that left twist might have to be sighted different, Ray

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