How do i correct for windage on enfield sights?

[medic302]

i'm pretty sure I already now the answer to this but I wanted to ask anyway. my P53 shoots about 3 inches to the right. what is the best way to correct this?

[Lou Lou Lou]

Couple of ways. File off the last side of your front sight, or
or fill in and recut/ drill your rear sight opening further left. There is a formula for the amount of adjustment

[Maillemaker]

Here is a sight adjustment calculator:

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/lid=13093/GunTechdetail/Sight_Correction_Calculator

Another way is to have a dovetail front sight installed.

The nice thing about filling and re-cutting the rear sight notch is that if you don't like it you can always replace the leaf/ladder and you are back to an original condition.

Steve

[medic302]

well according to the calculator, I need to move the sight (either front or back) .057". is there anyone who dovetails musket barrels and has a new front sight?

conversely, how would I go about filling and cutting a new rear sight notch?

[Maillemaker]

You can get dovetail front sights from S&S Firearms:

http://www.ssfirearms.com/proddetail.asp?prod=58S148A

A local gunsmith should be able to cut a dovetail and install such a sight.

Or you could send it to someone like Whitacre:

http://www.whitacresmachineshop.com/

To fill the rear sight notch, buy some JB Weld and mix it up and apply it with a small putty knife or Q-tip shaft or something similar. When it hardens, carefully file it to match the contour of the sight, and then file a new notch where needed.

If you've already got good elevation and you replace the front sight, you are going to have to re-tune for both windage and elevation.

If you've got good elevation right now then filling the rear sight notch and re-cutting means your elevation will stay where it is.

Steve

[Jud96]

You could just tweak the barrel a little and re-solder the existing front sight. This would save you from butchering your rear sight and cutting a dovetail in your barrel.

[robertdeans72]

Hi,

All I did was file the backside of the rear sight's head so that solder would stick and soldered a small piece of brass stock to it.... Then I filed a small notch in it at the appropriate offset..... Very "low impact" solution.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b166/RobDeans/Bullet%20Making/14June11a006.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/RobDeans/media/Bullet%20Making/14June11a006.jpg.html)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b166/RobDeans/Bullet%20Making/14June11a004.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/RobDeans/media/Bullet%20Making/14June11a004.jpg.html)

The new notch is not interupted by the older one unlike it seems to do in the picture. Its just the angles.....

Cheers,
Rob

[medic302]

thanks boys, it seems there are more options than I thought. i'll have to give this some thought.

and It looks like rob had the opposite problem, his gun was shooting left, lol.