Remington Pattern 14 canted front sight

[3006guns]

This may not apply, but.........

I have a Mosin Nagant (Finn) that shot a full 3' to the left at 200 yards. An examination of the front sight revealed that it was already as far to the left as the dovetail would allow. Thinking I had a bent barrel, I removed the action from the stock and was astonished to find the forend so badly warped that I couldn't get the action back in again! I transferred the action to a Russian stock and shot it again...........after drifting that front sight back over, it shot to the point of aim.

Lessons learned: A warped stock is difficult to detect initially, and the force exerted by warped wood is tremendous.

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[browningautorifle]

I will shoot it this Sunday hopefully.

That was the 23rd of last month...waiting...

This may not apply

It was a perceived canted front sight. Not a suspect bent barrel or POI far from POA, he hadn't shot it and there may be NO problem to begin with. Also, we may never know...although he's around.