HW/Weihrauch HW55T: Did I pay too much?

[TLU]

I put the rear sight on hastily to take the pics. It should be mounted further forward!

 

[r1lover]

YIKES! STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING! Make sure if you move that sight back and forth that you completely removed the wide screw on top of the sight. That screw is designed to fit into one of the recoil arresting holes in the top of the receiver to keep the sight from sliding under recoil. If you do not remove the screw completely you 1) run the risk of dragging it across your new bluing and leaving a scrape and 2) you cannot look through the screw hole to align it perfectly with one of the recoil arresting holes underneath before tightening down the scrw and you risk the edge of the screw catching the edge of the recoil hole and buggering up the hole. Also, DO NOT tighten that screw down on the receiver. Position the sight so the screw goes perfectly into a recoil hole.

 

[TLU]

ok, I removed it carefully. It’s not buggered up. Put it back on. It’s good.i

 

[JimmyV]

Beautiful rifle and if you love it, you definitely didn’t pay too much. Enjoy.

 

[MDriskill]

I put the rear sight on hastily to take the pics. It should be mounted further forward!

Ha, I started to say something about that in my last post...that sight position on the close-coupled Tyro butt woulda punched me right in the eye! R1lover's notes are exactly right though, it's easy to ding the finish with the sight if you aren't careful.