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  1. 10-31-2018, 02:16 PM #1
    Krag1902
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    How much extra height?

    Got a new Krag sporter with a front sight very similar - in appearance - to the Springfield band. I put a Lyman #48 on the back end, and after adjusting it, the slide is bottomed out; won't go any lower. Shooting it today, the rifle shoots 13.5 inches higher that point of aim at fifty yards, and 21 inches high at a hundred. I need to get a higher front sight blade - by how much?
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  2. 10-31-2018, 03:33 PM #2
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    https://www.brownells.com/aspx/learn...aspx?lid=11253

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  3. 10-31-2018, 03:58 PM #3
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    Error X sight radius
    distance in inches = the correction for the fire arm

    21" X 28" (est of sight radius) = 588 / 3600 = .164 added to front sight to zero at 100 yds. I would go up to .170-.175 so sight isn't bottomed out.
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  4. 10-31-2018, 05:05 PM #4
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    I was guessing a bit over an eighth. Thanks all!
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