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Scooter2 · January 28, 2001, 06:09 PM

If it shoots straight, don't worry about it. If it still bothers you, take a mallet and a brass or delrin rod and tap the front sight till it's centered. You might have to adjust the rear sights to re-zero that gun. It doesn't really matter where the front sight is, as long as the relationship between the front and the rear are right.

Your simply worrying too much. The front sight of my HK P7M8 is 0.020" off and it's also pinned to the slide. The slide also has a few thousandth of play relative to the barrel/frame. It's not something to lose sleep over. After all, this is a pistol, not a benchrest rifle.

Besides, no pistol is perfect. If you build the perfect pistol with tolereances that NASA would be envious, it would be perfect until you rack the slide and wear down the contact points.

If the sight worries you, I can tell you everything wrong about your gun or any other gun ever built.

January 28, 2001, 06:09 PM	#6
Scooter2 Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2001 Posts: 115	If it shoots straight, don't worry about it. If it still bothers you, take a mallet and a brass or delrin rod and tap the front sight till it's centered. You might have to adjust the rear sights to re-zero that gun. It doesn't really matter where the front sight is, as long as the relationship between the front and the rear are right. Your simply worrying too much. The front sight of my HK P7M8 is 0.020" off and it's also pinned to the slide. The slide also has a few thousandth of play relative to the barrel/frame. It's not something to lose sleep over. After all, this is a pistol, not a benchrest rifle. Besides, no pistol is perfect. If you build the perfect pistol with tolereances that NASA would be envious, it would be perfect until you rack the slide and wear down the contact points. If the sight worries you, I can tell you everything wrong about your gun or any other gun ever built.