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I finally got the weather and time off to coincide and made it to the range to sight in the Kibler SMR I built over the winter. It is a .32 flinter and my first load produced good groups at 25yds. The problem is with the sights centered on the swamped barrel my groups were 3in low and 4.3in left of point of aim. That means a correction of .110 in elevation and .157 in windage. The front sight as provided is only 3/16 tall that would only leave a .077 nub. Not really a problem just use a taller rear sight and that is where the problem lies. The barrel flat at the rear sight is about .325. That means if I made all of the windage correction on the rear sight it would have the notch right over the right edge of the top flat. If I divide up the correction it makes both sights look whopperjawed.
My first thought as to solution is a taller and wider leafed rear sight where the notch can be offset but the body of the sight still be mostly centered.
Anyone else ever deal with this problem? If so I would be interested to hear your solution.
My first thought as to solution is a taller and wider leafed rear sight where the notch can be offset but the body of the sight still be mostly centered.
Anyone else ever deal with this problem? If so I would be interested to hear your solution.