Reeder Custom Guns - 1851 Navy .36 by Pietta

Jim Taylor
1851 Navy .36 by Pietta
Monday, September 18, 2023, 12:22

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I have enjoyed playing with the 1851 Navy .. but that little bitty brass bead for a front sight just wasn't cutting it!

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So I removed the bead and cut a dovetail in the barrel and mounted an 1858 Remington front sight.

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The Remington sight proved to be way too narrow for me to see very well, so I pulled it out and installed a Williams rifle front sight. I began cutting it down as it was too high.

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On the range I removed most of the sight with a file to get it to the proper elevation.

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Then I re-shaped it -again.
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I am getting it dialed in.

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1851 Navy .36 by Pietta - Jim Taylor, 2023-09-18, 12:22
- very good. Need a job? (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2023-09-18, 12:27
  - Thanks. I work pretty slow and I am sloppy at times. - Jim Taylor, 2023-09-18, 12:33
    - This time a year ago I had 4 machinists and a couple - Gary Reeder, 2023-09-18, 12:38
      - Many want to be a YouTube sensation. (nm) - John W, 2023-09-19, 04:51
      - The first two questions from all the potential - jthomson, 2023-09-18, 18:42
      - Be hard for me to make it on $420 a week! - Derek, 2023-09-18, 17:17
      - I am sorry to hear that. Not good for you or the nation. (nm) - Jim Taylor, 2023-09-18, 13:04
        I talk to people every day that own small to - Gary Reeder, 2023-09-18, 14:07
        Try finding some boys to crawl in a muddy ditch - WB, 2023-09-18, 19:48
        Yes it's sad - 475BISLEY480, 2023-09-18, 16:41