and how do you know this? were you around in the 1800's?

history channel and i am a book worm. To expensive, added bulk and back in those days, extremely fragile.

oh, ok. I knew you didn't look old enough to have witnessed that.
I'm glad you didn't tell me this before I put the Green Mountain sharpshooter barrel and scope on my Hawkin.
info like that might have prevented me from making such a grievous error.

the scopes today are more reliable than what they had back then.

Even if it's a Leatherwood and not a Nikon or Leopould?

I was.
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Your right Semisane, you can take some off the back of the sight. I have done this several times. I even have a tutorial on how to do it.






A guy can also build a base to lift the sight a bit and give more elevation adjustment. I did that on my Hawken. Ron

Sorry Ron but I chose to remove the wood as to butchering the sight. Wood is much easier to work with and repair.

I'm sure he was talking to Jon.

MH was right on the money.

sabotloader, Taking off some metal on the back is so easy and it makes a nicer looking mounting job. The Shim is a non invasive approach that not many guys try. I liked the outcome of that so much that I will probably do that on any that I fit from here on out. I am thinking about making a jig so the hand labor is not quite as intensive on the fitting. Ron