Bought this at what felt like a fair price but now feels like a complete ripoff. Carcano cavalry carbine in 6.5 Carcano, generally good shape except with this funky ghost ring sight in place of the rear notch. Seemed solid enough, and I actually thought it was kinda neat on a short carbine so I didn't walk away from the sale.
Well, I shot the thing later in the day and it was hitting 10 inches right at 50 yards. Go to do some windage adjustment and find out just how bad Bubba ****ed up the job. Both holes drilled in random places with a hand drill, too close together to allow any meaningful adjustment, and the holes stripped out by Bubba over-torquing his crappy handiwork. I now have a gun that I can't shoot.
https://i.imgur.com/I5W4Yh0.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HN97dbS.jpg
I was able to locate this sight, which is a fixed sight for the 7.65 version of the rifle. It appears as though Bubba just router'd himself a slot for the ghost ring.
https://www.libertytreecollectors.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=8484&idcategory=28
Installing it would involve figuring out how to remove the front sight base as well as the complete rear sight assembly, and I'm not sure where it would wind up printing. There is limited front windage adjustment available.
Any ideas for potential solutions? Would be open to other aftermarket fixes.
Well, I shot the thing later in the day and it was hitting 10 inches right at 50 yards. Go to do some windage adjustment and find out just how bad Bubba ****ed up the job. Both holes drilled in random places with a hand drill, too close together to allow any meaningful adjustment, and the holes stripped out by Bubba over-torquing his crappy handiwork. I now have a gun that I can't shoot.
https://i.imgur.com/I5W4Yh0.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HN97dbS.jpg
I was able to locate this sight, which is a fixed sight for the 7.65 version of the rifle. It appears as though Bubba just router'd himself a slot for the ghost ring.
https://www.libertytreecollectors.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=8484&idcategory=28
Installing it would involve figuring out how to remove the front sight base as well as the complete rear sight assembly, and I'm not sure where it would wind up printing. There is limited front windage adjustment available.
Any ideas for potential solutions? Would be open to other aftermarket fixes.