Krag front sight blade

[highpower]

Here is a noob question. I only ask because I read a discussion where someone said to drift the sight blade pin out from the right to the left. I always thought drift to remove things was always left to right but maybe because the dove tail drifts out left to right then the pin is opposite?

I'm dumb and realized I just need to drift the front sight base to the left to get the poi to the right. Just a tap while at the range should do it or maybe I'll use a small vice. I have some other front sight tools for an Enfield and another rifle that might work to shift it.

Edit: I'm reading front sight bases would installed with a brazing. Is this true? If it is then I shouldn't just drift it.

I'm trying to figure out what you are trying to do with your particular set up. You say it is shooting high? It sounds like your Krag "carbine" is a cut down rifle with a rifle rear sight and either a Springfield M1903 sight grafted on or an aftermarket front sight.

Either way, if your carbine/cut down rifle, is shooting high, then you need to raise the front sight, not lower it. Stock front sight bases on Krag rifles and carbines are the same, only the height of the sight blade is different. This, along with a carbine rear sight will properly regulate the POI. Carbines have a taller sight blade than rifles and will have a "C" stamped on them.

If you are dealing with a cut down rifle and you have a '03 Springfield front band on it you can also change out the sight blade for a taller one. The pins on all US sights remove from left to right.

Here is a standard Krag front sight base:


Here is a cut down rifle with a 03 Springfield style front base:


If you have either an original front sight, or the 03 style, there is a very simple way to raise the height of the blade. I usually just put a few thousandths of an inch of weld on the blade and then file it down to regulate the point of impact to the point of aim to properly zero the elevation. Before you weld it, you can you can loop a piece of tape over the blade and adjust it until it is where you want it to be and then measure the height and have the appropriate amount welded on.

[Geofois]

Thanks Highpower, It's an original one just like in your picture. As stated I found out the zero is at 300 yards so shooting high at 50 is exactly what it's supposed to do. I will change the blade to get it to be zeroed at 100. You probably just read the last comment I made regarding it shooting to the left a little and I realized we just drift the dove tail for that but then I read it's brazed so I would think that's a no no.

Correct as stated in the post I think I need to raise it from .294 to like .33" but just guessing 1mm from the sight picture but I'd get the one for sale at .413" and just file down to where it is impacting zero at 100 yards. I think I read the Krag Carbine blade height was supposed to be .286".

Someone must have filed it down since it looks more like a nubbin and in your picture it looks like a normal sight blade. Or maybe they didn't file it down since from what I read it should be 5-6 high at 50 yards. Even when I ran ballistic calculations it seems to be doing what it is supposed to but either way I need to raise the blade.

Do you know about the braising of the front sight mount?

[highpower]

Front sight bases were brazed to the barrel at the armory when rifles and carbines were manufactured and are not adjustable for windage. Maybe you could take a sight blade and bend it slightly one way or the other if it's not off too bad. I have heard of this being done on the old fixed sight revolvers to correct for point of aim.

[Geofois]

I was thinking that I would bend it slightly then thought I'll just drift it, but I'll be back to bending it a little.

[operavoice]

If you jack it up, I have an OEM, undrilled Krag sight floating around somewhere.
Didn't end up using it on mine because it was taller than the Lyman sight that I ended up shaving, and I didn't want to grind down an OEM sight for a Bubba gun.

[Geofois]

If you jack it up, I have an OEM, undrilled Krag sight floating around somewhere.
Didn't end up using it on mine because it was taller than the Lyman sight that I ended up shaving, and I didn't want to grind down an OEM sight for a Bubba gun.

Is it a sight blade or the whole sight base and blade? That would be awesome thank you. If too tall then I just need to adjust the rear sight so shouldn't need to file at all.

[operavoice]

Just the blade.