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Soule Sight Installation
Sep 26th, 2009 at 11:19am
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Please excuse my ignorance here, I am new to these sights.  I have a Pedro RB and I purchased a Shaver Long Range sight for it.  Out of the box the sight is in a position forward of perpendicular when locked in the retaining notch.  I notice that in all the pretty staged photos the sight staff is always perpendicular to the barrel yet when I see more candid shots I see some variation from perpendicular.

First off, how important accuracy wise is it to have the staff perpendicular?  What sort of variation will a non-perpendicular staff induce, if any?  Would such variation be constant with increasing range or vary?

If it is important to have the staff perpendicular, other than shimming the base, how can the sight be adjusted?  It seems to me that the retaining indentation could be reshaped or the retaining spring could be shortened and rehaped to accomplishbthe correction, any other ideas?

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Dave


  
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Re: Soule Sight Installation
Reply #1 - Sep 26th, 2009 at 12:32pm
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The staff should be (essentially) perpendicular to the barrel when erected.  It is very important that it be correctly adjusted.
The Lee Shaver sights come in two grades.

The 'economy grade' does not allow adjuustment of the staff angle.  Shaver sends you a base and staff that are matched to the rifle you told him you would use it on.
I suppose he would know what to send for a 'Pedro RB'...

The 'deluxe grade' provides a means of adjusting staff angle by loosening the screw which anchors the staff spring, and sliding the spring fore and aft.

When changing the staff angle, try for a setting in which the tube of the eyepiece is 'looking' directly at the center of the front sight.
That's even better than 'perpendicular to the barrel'.

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Re: Soule Sight Installation
Reply #2 - Sep 26th, 2009 at 12:47pm
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Thanks,  When I spoke to Lee he was aware of which gun it was for.  It is the delux sight so it should be adjustable as you stated. I'll give it a try.

Thanks again for helping me out with this.

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Re: Soule Sight Installation
Reply #3 - Sep 26th, 2009 at 12:53pm
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AND !!!

Slot the spring yourself by using a small round diamond file… If there is no screw holding the spring, fill the staff notch with JB Weld and adjust per each target LOS..  The pressure of the spring will hold the staff just fine for the shot...

Each target distance would require a "re-set” anyway for an optimum view..

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Re: Soule Sight Installation
Reply #4 - Sep 26th, 2009 at 1:18pm
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That was easy.  This is a good example of there never being a dumb question (just dumb people).  Hey wait a minute I resemble that.

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Re: Soule Sight Installation
Reply #5 - Sep 26th, 2009 at 2:58pm
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That was easy.

So easy even a cavewoman could do it.
Now, you just need to find out if the staff is plumb...not leaning left or right.
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Re: Soule Sight Installation
Reply #6 - Sep 26th, 2009 at 3:52pm
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Hmmm.....Something else to think about on sleepless nights at 3:00 am.   

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