I have a remington model 700 30-06 and I hate that the front sight is still on there with the scope. Looks retarded but I cannot get the screw to take it out. How do you go about taking it off?
2007-08-31 09:57:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Take it to a gunshop. They will be able to remove the screws, and then give you filler screws for the holes.
2007-08-31 10:05:16 · answer #1 · answered by Milepost 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually you have to drift the front sight out of the ramp and under the sight you will find the screw that holds the ramp(sight base) on. It will take a very thin hollow ground screwdriver so don't use a plain old hardware store screwdriver. You will mess up the screw head and then you will not be able to torque it down when you put it back on to sell it. Use a brass punch on the sight blade so you do not ding it up. And support the sightbase on something solid so you do not bend your barrel.
I personally would advise you to leave the front sight on, in case your scope goes belly up you will have some way to continue hunting. Think of them as emergency sights.
Sarge
2007-08-31 10:11:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The trouble you will run into here is that the sight blade is probably held in the sight block by a friction fit. If you take it out, you will make it tough to reinstall later and keep it in, it would require peening the little groove that the sight slides in, so that it won't fall out.
I would strongly advise not removing it. The best would be either live with it or if it bothers you that much, trade it for one that doesn't have sights. If you booger up the front sight, if you ever sell it, you will lose some value.
2007-08-31 20:52:25 · answer #3 · answered by Matt M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to use exactly the right size screwdriver. One technique for shifting screws is to apply some torque on the screwdriver and then tap on the back end of the screwdriver with a hide faced mallet. There's a reasonable chance they might have used thread lock, so it might take some breaking loose.
Personally I'd leave them on if you are hunting, those are your backup sights and worth their weight in gold if the scope fails.
2007-08-31 10:47:32 · answer #4 · answered by Chris H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be able to unscrew it with the right screwdriver, but you didn't mention the make, so just guessing. Parallax may have the right idea. Of course, you're tempting the optics gods, and as soon as you take it off, something's bound to happen to your scope. I personally despise the clean barrels and wish they all came with beads on the front and apertures on the back.
2007-08-31 10:12:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave the sight alone, it's not hurting anything sitting up there, aesthetics aren't accurate, matter of fact, it's possible to change the harmonics of the barrel by adding/removing sights to it, same with barrel clamped bipods, leave the sight alone and just shoot the gun with a scope, stop nit picking.
2007-08-31 10:27:37 · answer #6 · answered by boker_magnum 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local gunshop or Hunting store that has a gunsmith department(Gander Mountain has one in most of their stores).
2007-08-31 10:12:23 · answer #7 · answered by sakic550241 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why might you opt for to try this?... till your changing them out for extra beneficial factors of interest. they could return off one way or yet another, in case you cant get them off take it to a gunsmith... they are going to have not any hassle im useful. wish that enables!
2016-12-31 08:21:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋