ruger m77 front sight add on?

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scouter27

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tried this once, couldnt get a straight answer. i am about to purchase a ruger m77 frontier. there are no provisions built in to this rifle. is there any way to add them? i would get one with sights on it, but the only one available is the rsi, and i am not interested in that one. thanks
 
Brownells has a pretty elaborate assortment of sights. You can get the exact one thats on a stock 77 from them, OR you could buy them from Ruger. Keep in mind you'll need to drill and tap the barrel, which, while not truly difficult, CAN be screwed up, so proceed with caution.

I have a 77 w/o sights, and my solution is to get a second set of rings and put a red-dot scope in the extra set. The red dot and rings may actually cost less, now that I think about it.

The stock sights arent exactly anything to write home about. The sight picture can only be desribed as "cluttered".
 
i only want a front sight, the rear is goint to be an xs sight. i can find the sight, thats not the problem. i just wanted to know what would be involved in mounting it. you say its difficult, but i want to know how to do it please
 
* You have to drill and tap the barrel for the front sight ramp. Do not drill too deep or the barrel will be weakened and the pressure may crack the steel.
* The front sight ramp is screwed to the barrel.
* The front sight blade fits into a dovetail on the top of the ramp.
* The front sight blade is pushed into the dovetail slot with a sight pusher.
 
ok, everything sounds reasonable, but how will i be sure its level?

thanks for all the help, just verrrrry cautious, because the barrel is only 16.5, no real room for error
 
Best bet is to buy the jig that Brownells sells, and drill and tap in a drill press with a machinists vice. You should carefully level the drill press/mill, then the vice, the jig, the part, etc. with bubble levels. When you've done it for pay, you start looking at the work of others, and you start noticing, "Hey, that sight base is ..a..little off"

Things like this, where you have to buy a jig to do a decent job are, in my opinion, best left to the competent smith. He's (hopefully) got the tools and training to make it happen.

I would take this opportunity to strike up a relationship with your local 'smith.
 
thanks again, i think i could do it. however, i will just take it to a smith, as it would probably be cheaper, and i will not likely do it ever again. thank you thank you thank you
 
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