I'm looking to mount a new sight on the front of a rifle barrel. I'd like to use a dovetail mount sight. The barrel is kind of thin. I was kind of thinking that it might be a good idea to use a wrap-around press-fit sight base that sort of looks like the ones on the old Mausers (shown below). The base presses, or maybe solders on the muzzle, then a sight fits into a dovetail on top. I could make something like this,but if I can just buy one at a reasonable price, I'd rather do that. I tried looking for them on the Midway website, the Brownells website & a few others. I found nothing. Maybe I was just not searching for the right name.
If anybody can point me to a place that sells these things, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Jim