Swedish Mauser Rear Sight Question
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question so if it isn't feel free to move it to where it should be. I have a Swedish Mauser M96 in great conditon, the problem is that the rifle shoots to the left 3 to 4" at 100 yards. The rifle groups good, I have drifted the front sight over quite a bit but it is not enough to center the group. My question is what have you other owners of these riles done to get them to center the group? I am looking at installing a Lyman #57 receiver sight so that I can get the adjustments needed to center the goup. The peep sight may help with my aging eyes also. What are your thoughts?
Swedish mauser rear sight
I have an M38 that has the identical problem of continuing to shoot 4-6 inches to the left even with the front sight drifted as far to the left as it will go. I have to hold on the right hand edge of the target to get it to shoot into the center and it has driven me bananas. I had the crown checked by a gunsmith and that was ok. The mojo sight is a possible answer if one has 60+ dollars. The B square is also a possibility, but a pistol scope is required for that and that is a lot more $$$ than a mojo. I have been looking at the small screw that is located on the sight ladder; it sits just forward of the rear sight notch. Conceiveably a slightly longer version of it could be used, or the hole redrilled and tapped for a 6x48 screw long enough to mount a sight or part (the rear) of one such as used on the rear of a S&W N frame revolver might work, as it can be cranked left or right for windage. Another option might be to bend a short piece of sheet metal into an L with a new notch filed in the upper rear part of the L and the lower part having an elongated milled slot that would allow the whole L to be moved left or right and held by that same screw. One of these options will work; it'll just take some time and tiinkering. In the meantime if someone can come up with any ideas to add to the possible solution it would be most welcome. LLs