1851 Navy .36 by Pietta
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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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