Hey All,
I got my new CZ 527 Carbine (.223) from my gun shop this past week. I had a chance to take it to the range today. I shot it at 25 yards and at 100 yards. I love this gun. I plan to use this as a plinker, but also might do some hunting with it in the future.
I only used iron sights today. The gun seemed to shoot a little to the left. I'm going to take it to the range a few more times to see if it was me or the sights.
I took a look at the rear sight. It is a dovetail sight that you drift left or right to adjust windage. At the front of the base of the rear sight, there is an indention made by a punch at the factory to help hold the sight in place.
If I need to make a minor adjustment to this sight, can I bring my brass punch set (it has some wide punches) and brass hammer to the range with me and simply drift the sight as needed? Can I drift it at the range on the wooden bench of the shooting area or do I need to have the thing mounted in a padded/wooden vice to drift the rear sight?
Also, once I find my sweet spot for the rear sight, should put another slight indentation at the base of the sight (where it interfaces with the receiver) to prevent it from slipping or is this not necessary?
The user manual states "Windage correction can be carried out by the drifting of the rear sight in the dovetail and then secured in its position by an indentation." but I'm wondering if I really need to indent/peen the base to make it stay.
Thanks in advance.
I got my new CZ 527 Carbine (.223) from my gun shop this past week. I had a chance to take it to the range today. I shot it at 25 yards and at 100 yards. I love this gun. I plan to use this as a plinker, but also might do some hunting with it in the future.
I only used iron sights today. The gun seemed to shoot a little to the left. I'm going to take it to the range a few more times to see if it was me or the sights.
I took a look at the rear sight. It is a dovetail sight that you drift left or right to adjust windage. At the front of the base of the rear sight, there is an indention made by a punch at the factory to help hold the sight in place.
If I need to make a minor adjustment to this sight, can I bring my brass punch set (it has some wide punches) and brass hammer to the range with me and simply drift the sight as needed? Can I drift it at the range on the wooden bench of the shooting area or do I need to have the thing mounted in a padded/wooden vice to drift the rear sight?
Also, once I find my sweet spot for the rear sight, should put another slight indentation at the base of the sight (where it interfaces with the receiver) to prevent it from slipping or is this not necessary?
The user manual states "Windage correction can be carried out by the drifting of the rear sight in the dovetail and then secured in its position by an indentation." but I'm wondering if I really need to indent/peen the base to make it stay.
Thanks in advance.