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zeke
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Rear sight removal, drift it which way?
Oct 6th, 2010 at 11:36am
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     Hi:

      Which way does one drift a rear sight from an 1885 as viewed from the real while looking down on the fifle?

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Re: Rear sight removal, drift it which way?
Reply #1 - Oct 6th, 2010 at 12:48pm
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From left to right.
  
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Reply #2 - Oct 6th, 2010 at 6:03pm
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    In the industry, traditionally the barrel top female dovetails for retaining sights were tapered to match the taper found on the sight male dovetail.

    For purposes of installing or removing a dove tailed sight, (not adjusting one for windage), when one is viewing the barrel from the breech end and looking towards the muzzel end, the sight's male dovetail is inserted into the barrel top female dovetail from the right hand side of the barrel and drifted to towards the left in order to install the sight.  Conversely, the sight is drifted towards the right hand side of the barrel in order to remove it from the right.

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Re: Rear sight removal, drift it which way?
Reply #3 - Oct 10th, 2010 at 1:31am
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I can remember it as "from the breech, read in, read out".

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Reply #4 - Oct 10th, 2010 at 9:58pm
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Rich,
Maybe I am a little slow, but I don't understand that one.
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Re: Rear sight removal, drift it which way?
Reply #5 - Oct 10th, 2010 at 10:57pm
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Idaho Sharpshooter wrote on Oct 10th, 2010 at 1:31am:
I can remember it as "from the breech, read in, read out".

Rich


Is that like *red right return* so you dont end up on the jetty??   Huh Roll Eyes Kiss Smiley
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Reply #6 - Oct 19th, 2010 at 2:15pm
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   I would say it's more like posh !

    " port side out, starboard home " Yes, .  .  . posh !

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