Gary Reeder
not an unusual problem with a commemorative. I have
Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 14:14

seen numerous small problems like that with them. I heard many years ago from the Winchester factory rep that in a good economical move Winchester got rid of their less than perfect parts on commemoratives as 99% of them were never fired as that ruined the collector value completely. In fact on two of the guns named after an Indian chief (Sitting Bull, Geronimo, Two Dogs Humping, one of those, the guns with the tacks in the stock) I have seen 2 of them that had no rifling in the barrel. But take my comments on less than perfect parts as second hand or even third hand info.

If you have a good gunsmith in your area take it in there to them to check out. It could just be something small that can be taken care of on one visit.

There are a couple of side mount aperture sights that attach to the 2 small holes on the left side of the action. Also you can have a scope mount in a side mount added to the left side of the frame too although this required a couple of holes to be drilled.

If you like a red dot sight we have our all steel mount for whichever red dot sight you choose. This also requires a couple of holes to be drilled in the front of the action or on the barrel. So your problems are probably not anything that can't be fixed with a liberal application of $20 bills.