Off center front sight

[TactAdv]

Common fault? Yes, it can be.

All depends on the original level of due diligence used by the "(re)manufacturer" in establishing both a proper set of welding fixtures, then in proper weld technique itself.

Typically though, I have seen LESS problems like this in guns that have a very thick-wall receiver.....BREns, DP's, etc. Worst of all are thin wall, sheet steel receivers......tube receiver SMG's, etc.

Common troubles are MG-42 receivers......low carbon steel, improper heat techniques (lack of heat sinks behind welds) that REALLY cause warpage as the weld joints cool.

(you're no doubt fully remembering how they "straightened" the tube of the Sterling during manufacture.....a programmed warpage in cooling after a pre-set off-set. Somebody wrote a book about that......)

We like to say "Too little brain, too much heat".

I had to fix a badly warped '42 receiver that was VISIBLY misaligned.....there was not enough adjustment in the iron sights to accommodate the offset.....fixed by cutting again, then welding it back with a LOT of filler on the "short" side gap.

I think we're probably the only market on the planet where re-welded guns are such a thing. OTOH, we've collectively got back and running a TON of cut guns......that HAS to hurt someone, somewhere......which I love.

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Oh yeah, Peter, two words never heard here.....

"Enfilade" & "Defilade". You can probably also throw out "beaten zone" , too.

Semi-autos are pretty much regarded as rifles here, on all levels.