rear sight glare

[Lumpy Grits]

Rick, someday I hope we can share a drink or two together
I will be pik'n your brain on long-range shoot'n and take'n notes.
Gary

[chaneylake]

CL
From your description seeing a glare on the bottom 50% sounds to me like you have the tang tipped back to fat and your lust looking through part of the aperture.
Tip tour staff forward a little and see if that "glare" goes away. If it does reset the spring under the tang when you get it where you heed to have it.
When you shoot long range you might have to adjust the staff forward a little to get a full hole and move it back when shooting close.

Kurt

I will address what you stated tomorrow, today I also noticed that as I was changing aperture size on the rear sight it would get real clear just before it clicked into position, is this also a sign of a "fat tang" ???????

[Kurt]

CL
From your description seeing a glare on the bottom 50% sounds to me like you have the tang tipped back to far and your just looking through part of the aperture.
Tip your staff forward a little and see if that "glare" goes away. If it does reset the detend spring under the tang when you get it where you heed to have it.
When you shoot long range you might have to adjust the staff forward a little to get a full hole and move it back when shooting close.

Kurt

I will address what you stated tomorrow, today I also noticed that as I was changing aperture size on the rear sight it would get real clear just before it clicked into position, is this also a sign of a "fat tang" ???????

[Kurt]

I should learn to proof read. I corrected the above.

[Lumpy Grits]

CL
From your description seeing a glare on the bottom 50% sounds to me like you have the tang tipped back to fat and your lust looking through part of the aperture.
Tip tour staff forward a little and see if that "glare" goes away. If it does reset the spring under the tang when you get it where you heed to have it.
When you shoot long range you might have to adjust the staff forward a little to get a full hole and move it back when shooting close.

Kurt

I will address what you stated tomorrow, today I also noticed that as I was changing aperture size on the rear sight it would get real clear just before it clicked into position, is this also a sign of a "fat tang" ???????

Sure sounds like it to me.
Level your rifle front to back via the bbl.
The back of your tang sight should be 90* to the perpendicular of the leveled bbl.
A machinist bubble-level will do this...
Gary

[Kurt]

Gary with the staff at 90 degrees at the 1K you will see that glare on the bottom. I do on my sights anyway. I keep my staff tipped forward a little were I dont see that glare from 100 to 1200 yds.

[chaneylake]

CL
From your description seeing a glare on the bottom 50% sounds to me like you have the tang tipped back to fat and your lust looking through part of the aperture.
Tip tour staff forward a little and see if that "glare" goes away. If it does reset the spring under the tang when you get it where you heed to have it.
When you shoot long range you might have to adjust the staff forward a little to get a full hole and move it back when shooting close.

Kurt

I will address what you stated tomorrow, today I also noticed that as I was changing aperture size on the rear sight it would get real clear just before it clicked into position, is this also a sign of a "fat tang" ???????

Sure sounds like it to me.
Level your rifle front to back via the bbl.
The back of your tang sight should be 90* to the perpendicular of the leveled bbl.
A machinist bubble-level will do this...
Gary

ok, I understand what everyone is stating, is the screw slot in the spring slotted, how do I adjust the plumb of the tang if that is the problem

[Kurt]

First thing I would do is raise the tang till it catches in the retaining notch and look through the tang sight and push it slightly forward till the glare disappeared to make sure that this is your problem. If it is put the sight back in that retaining notch loosen the screw and gently push the staff forward till the glare is gone and re tighten the screw.

[Lumpy Grits]

Kurt, is this adjusment for MVA tang sights?
Gary

[chaneylake]

First thing I would do is raise the tang till it catches in the retaining notch and look through the tang sight and push it slightly forward till the glare disappeared to make sure that this is your problem. If it is put the sight back in that retaining notch loosen the screw and gently push the staff forward till the glare is gone and re tighten the screw.

got it, thanks, will do tomorrow if its not raining, 3 days of rain in forecast