I decided that I wanted a tang sight for the Savage 99 I recently acquired. Found a seller on Gunbroker offering several and I won the auction for one of them. When it arrived there were no mounting screws. The text made no mention one way or the other as to whether they were included but they were in the auction photo so I assumed they came with the sight.
Well, of course when the sight arrived... no screws. I emailed the seller and he said he would mail them to me. That was two weeks ago and so far no screws.
Finally took matters into my own hands and went to the Gun Room and started going through my boxes of spare parts. In the second box I found the screws I needed. I also found a bunch of stuff I had forgotten I had... not to mention a few things I never knew that I had.
So I am admiring my newly mounted tang sight, during which I worked the action a few times. All of a sudden the action seized up on me and the bolt would not close. I fiddled with the safety, the trigger, all to no avail. Then I noticed a screw head on the left side of the receiver seemed to be a little high. I applied a screwdriver and sure enough it was loose. Took about two full turns to seat it. Once it was snug, the action worked perfectly.
It's always something.
I'll have to take a new photo with the sight on it. On this old rifle the tang sight adds a certain panache.
Well, of course when the sight arrived... no screws. I emailed the seller and he said he would mail them to me. That was two weeks ago and so far no screws.
Finally took matters into my own hands and went to the Gun Room and started going through my boxes of spare parts. In the second box I found the screws I needed. I also found a bunch of stuff I had forgotten I had... not to mention a few things I never knew that I had.
So I am admiring my newly mounted tang sight, during which I worked the action a few times. All of a sudden the action seized up on me and the bolt would not close. I fiddled with the safety, the trigger, all to no avail. Then I noticed a screw head on the left side of the receiver seemed to be a little high. I applied a screwdriver and sure enough it was loose. Took about two full turns to seat it. Once it was snug, the action worked perfectly.
It's always something.
I'll have to take a new photo with the sight on it. On this old rifle the tang sight adds a certain panache.
