1941 Savage No. 4 Mk 1 Sniper rifle?

[Bigwagon]

Took it to the range today to sight in and function check. Function was fine but sighting in at 50 yards with the irons and PPU ammo took some time. It was shooting way to the left and to get it centered up I had to move the front blade almost all the way to the left side of the dovetail block. With the butchered rear sight aperture it was difficult to get good vertical alignment and the grouping showed that. Horizontal dispersion looks like it will be capable of 1-2 MOA (the six shots along the left were adjusting elevation up; the 5 shots farthest to the right in the bull were my last. I made another front sight adjustment but was out of ammo). Since the sight is already ruined I might drill and tap it for a removable aperture and see if that helps. Bedding with the cutoff stock may be part of the problem too.