Joe, My guess is that there is some minor problem in the wood on the forarm putting a pressure point on the barrel. It could even be just a small wood chip or other piece of flotsum in there. I haven't even taken anything apart yet to look it over. I only bought it because Winchester was going out o...

Thanks Griff, Yes, I have a good working knowledge with iron sights and often use muzzleloaders for deer. I have several 200yd + kills with patched round ball and iron sights. This is one of those rare times that it isn"t operator error. My guess is that it is something to do with the forearm a...

Salvo,

Yes it has the 2 screws to adjust the rear sight up/down and its as far down as it will go. There is nothing left to adjust in the rear sight.

Joe, I was shooting "off hand" setting at a bench. Also, I did measure the front sight correctly and it is .625 from the top of the sight bead to the bottom of the dovetail. I was a tool+Die maker for over 20 years and know how to measure them. I did a little "Smith" work for fri...

I was setting at a bench with the forearm resting in my open left hand.

My son also shot it with exact same results. ( My son is 35 and we both do lots of shooting )

Thanks Griff. I know when you purchase dovetail type sights they are most often in 1/8" increments, 1/2" 5/8" etc and they measure the overall hight. I might be able to get a 3/4" front sight but if you put the rear sight adj blade back in you are right back off the paper. And th...

Its a 5/8" sight. To the centerline of the bore it looks pretty close to being 7/8" ( .875 ).

To me that would be "Quite Tall".

Hi Guys! The gun in question is mine. A quite new Winchester Ranger in 30-30 cal. I just measured the front sight and it is 5/8" ( .625 ) tall. Even with the rear sight adj. blade removed it shoots way high at 50 yds, 12" or a little more. It is also left quite a bit but thats an easy adj....