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  1. 02-12-2020, 08:11 PM #1
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    Rossi lever gun sights

    Have a rail fitted for red dot but want to have a set of opens in case of battery failure,I have a nice ruger fold down sight I want to fit but the Rossi has a slightly larger dovetail cutout than the ruger one,shims won’t work any other ideas on how to fit the ruger sight?thanks
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  3. 03-12-2020, 04:00 PM #2
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    Tough one huh..
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    Carry a spare battery?
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    File up a rhombus section piece of steel to take up the slack in the dovetail


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    Want to be able to use the open sights when it’s raining as well.what’s a rhombus piece of steel?not a lot in it,one is .390 the other is .370 wide.
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    Gonna put a bit of devcon on the base and edge of the ruger sight then lightly sand it down and try and get a tight fit into the dovetail,sight it in then more devcon to hold firmly in place,might work,might not but no permanent modification to the gun.
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    Well that didn’t work,the angle is different on the dovetail from the ruger sight to the Rossi barrel..back to the drawing board.
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    Try another sort of iron sight? I'm assuming you have the front sight still fitted, so maybe a Lyman or Marbles rear peep sight?
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