Quote Originally Posted by Frank46 View Post
Greetings all. Purchased what I believe was a parker hale sporter. Barrel was cut to 21.5 inches long, Could anyone please fill me in as to how high the front sight is/was?. Finally got all the copper and crud out of the barrel. Still missing a few parts.And need to bed the front of the reciever and about one inch of the barrel. And then I can take her out to the range I still have the milled rear sight on it but need the height for the front sight. Thanks, Frank
If the barrel has been cut (shortened) then the height of the original sight is irrelevant as the new sight will be closer to the rear sight and it will shoot low. I think you will need to fit a new front sight and then experiment with different size (height) blades