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99 guy - thats what I've been doing except is about 3-4" high - killed a couple of hogs like that ...
But - I would like to fix the problem - I'm not going to be the last person to shoot the gun and my son never listens to me ( he's 14).
So if he shoot it - he going to complain the it shoots too high - and swear that I never warned him....
Plus I have to have project...!
I think I'm going file down the "cheap" one to just see the results ...
Thanks again
Chris
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I was thinking that if it is a cheap replacement rear sight, why not just file the notch deeper and correspondingly the flat top of the sight? Trial and error filing until point of impact coincides with the sights. I would take it low enough so that when done it is resting on the second notch of the elevator. That way you have some adjustment if a future load shoots high again.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
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Plus I have to have project...!
Chris
I know. It's a curse. Isn't it? 
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I was 8 inches high at 100 yards and went from a .375" front sight to .50" and then I was able to adjust using the rear lyman 29 1/2
so figure raising the front about 1/8" inch to lower POI about 8 inches
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Penobscot
I have no friends who would have any idea how to shoot iron sights or be intrested in shooting a "Crap" rifle like a Savage 99...
Get some new friends
Long Live The Judge
Thinking of moving to Florida? Don't........
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Campfire Greenhorn
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Hey Guy
"Get some new friends" - ROFL
I would rather get another 2 or 3 M99's
So if Bushmaster1313 "raised front sight about 1/8" inch to lower POI about 8 inches"
Im going file the cheap rear sight down ~1/16" to lower 4" - and see where that get me...
Thanks again
Chris
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Thinking you're on the right track. When removing metal from firearms parts, given that you're working with a replacement rear sight, work on the cheapest part first.
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