Inland, Rear Sight

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Thanks for all of the advice. The front sight appears to be slightly canted to the right. Would this cause this type of adjustment. Thanks

I often get confused on sight questions, but I believe the canted front sight is actually helping you a bit. It sounds like your "point of impact" is too far to the right. If you move the front sight blade to the left, it will "hit" even farther to the right. It's pretty common to see the base of the rear sights offset to the left on the receiver. When the adjustable sights were retrofitted they used gages to get them lined up, but they were not always required to target them. I've got two Inlands that act just like yours. On one of them I turned the barrel a little bit and also set the rear sight base over farther to the left on the receiver. The other one, I just left the sight cranked far to the left, but I don't like the way it looks. Remember these rifles were not designed to be tack drivers. Congrats on the 2" groups! - Bob

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[browningautorifle]

I believe the canted front sight is actually helping you a bit

You have to sit and think about it. The sight is supposed to be straight up and down. It's leaning right. By adjusting to the left you're trying to pull the front sight to the left. If he goes out to 100 I think he'll find his error returns. Then he has to go further left. Return to 50 yds and you'll be shooting too far the other way. I've been through this a bunch of times already...that's why I have the tools to avoid this situation...now.