Finally got it out.

[USGI]

Hey Jim, some of us are still waiting to see pictures of that Inland! I shot my newest Inland for the first time in January when we were having some really nice weather. It's a 6.9M and looks like the only changes that have been made to the action are the addition of a flip safety and a 30 rd. mag catch. On it, the windage was right on, but it hit way low. Had to put the rear sight on the 200 yd. setting to make it hit where it should. Have any of you guys ever seen a carbine that was manufactured with an adjustable rear sight, be that far off on elevation? It doesn't appear the front sight has ever been changed. Is it possible that some late Inlands could've been accepted without having been targeted properly? I think the barrel date is January or February of '45. - Bob

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[Patrick Chadwick]

...On it, the windage was right on, but it hit way low. Had to put the rear sight on the 200 yd. setting to make it hit where it should. Have any of you guys ever seen a carbine that was manufactured with an adjustable rear sight, be that far off on elevation? It doesn't appear the front sight has ever been changed. Is it possible that some late Inlands could've been accepted without having been targeted properly? ... Bob

In my experience, military rifles usually shoot high. Foresight blades wear down, not up. The only time I have had military rifles shoot low is when they have had a new foresight blade fitted. Foresight blades were (presumably) manufactured with a bit of excess height, or at least a plus tolerance so that they could be filed down - if necessary - to achieve the correct POI with service ammo.

So, unless the barrel is bent (does it have a bayonet lug?), I would suggest a microscopic examination to determine whether either the foresight or backsight has been changed.

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Is it possible that some late Inlands could've been accepted without having been targeted properly?

Apart from human sloppiness, I see no reason for that. They were not being manufactured in "last-ditch" circumstances.

[browningautorifle]

It doesn't appear the front sight has ever been changed.

I would have to agree that at some point one of the sights were changed, or the barrel. I don't think they let them go without zeroing and then the military would have shot them too. It would have been dealt with.