I'm building a ca. 1630 snaphaunce gun with a smoothbore octagon to round barrel with a .75 cal bore. One of the two guns I'm basing it on has a front sight I'd like to duplicate--just a little round topped post, about 1/2 inch from the muzzle. The post is no more than 1/8 inch diam. I would assume that I would drill clear through the barrel wall (quite thin here) and sweat-solder the post in place. Is there any safety issue with installing it this way? Any better methods? Never done a little tiny sight like this before.
Dave T.
Dave T.