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My neighbor picked up a cheapy Henry lever .22 the other day and asked me if I'd sight it in for him. Danged if it doesn't shoot 8 inches right at 25 yds. So I look the sights over and see that windage and elevation are both adjusted at the rear sight. Well, I take a brass punch and try to drift the rear sight in its dovetail over to the left... and try, and try, etc. It WON'T move!!! What am I doing wrong here? Is there something that I don't know that I should?
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Try moving the sight to the right. If you can remove it to the right, try to file a small amount off the sights dovetail a smal amount at a time and try it again. Tim
"I hate rude behaviour in a man .....I won't tolerate it." Capt. Woodrow F. Call (Tommy Lee Jones) The Movie "Lonesome Dove"
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You're correct, in that drifting the rear sight to the left in it's dovetail is the windage adjustment for zeroing that Henry.
If it's anything like my little Henry was when I removed the rear sight to install a slot filler blank (when installing a peep sight) - you're gonna need a much heavier hammer, mount the rifle solidly in a bench vise, and give the brass drift solid whacks to get it to move at all.
BTW - don't forget to first add a strip of masking tape around the barrel either just in front or in the rear of the sight before drifting it (and mark it w/pencil) - so you'll know what the sight's starting position was, if it goes for a little high jump when you whack it good.
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