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| That looks like a standard dovetail that has been buggered. Note the peened slash on the side of the ramp. My guess would be that a good gunsmith could repair this much better than could be done by simply sticking in a sight.
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| richj Might work if I had perfect edges to measure. Even so, I don't have a mill or want to mess with a gunsmith. It's probably not worth much more than the $500 I got in it. Jason, I could make an original sight fit properly. Very little ramp metal was lost in the act of butchery. You should see what they had forced in there in the first place! Luckily the 'rigged' sight was made from softer metal and took most of the damage. Somebody will step up sooner or later with a match. I just saw one on Cabela's for free. But it came with the rest of the gun and shipping was like $2,100!  Thanks. Ray
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| By the way, the standard Mauser dovetail from Brownell's is too small at .205" wide at the bottom. Most American standard ones are .375 wide.
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| That's an awesome looking rifle!
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| Get yourself a 60 degree file and a standard 3/8 sight. You can either file the sight to fit the slot or the slot to fit the sight. I'd do the latter so you can change sight height if needed. |
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| Thanks craigster. I ordered a few. No exact matches. But, like you said, cheap enough......Ray
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| Thanks Austin Hunter. Bluing is about 80%+ and it points like a 22!
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| srose I'll probably do most of the filing to the sight after I clean up the cut in the ramp.
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| safe one side of the file... |
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| yup
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| Site no longer needed. Thanks.
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