Drift the Mosin's Sight?

[Josh Smith]

Hi Folks,

I was trying out my YouTube contest's target today after making some adjustments to the Mosin's shims, namely replacing some of the rubberized cork with actual shim stock I had laying around and put about 5lbs of upward pressure on the barrel while countering that with the upper handguard -- pretty much I was aiming to duplicate the idea of the Gew88's sleeved barrel, since it shoots so well with it.

This is what I got:


http://www.smith-sights.com/resources/50%20yard%204%20shot.jpg

I'm sure the rifle will do better than this; the limitations were my own.

Do you suppose I should drift the front sight a bit to the right, or wait until I fire a few more strings so make sure the error wasn't me?

Thanks,

Josh

[Bluntforce]

It never hurts to verify that it is the rifle that is off before you drift the sight. What do you have to lose but a few bullets and a little time?

[Schuetzenman]

Ditto the last post. Confirm point of impact before adjusting.