Not a canted front sight thread UPDATED PIC

[ra]

There are several post about canted front sights on Ruger guns, but I can honestly say that all of mine are spot on, because when sighted in the rear sight blade is centered in the rear sight or very close.
I recently took ownership of a 5 1/2" Freedom Arms M97 in 44 Sp., the previous owner was selling to purchase another M97 in a different caliber. He said he had put about 250 rounds thru it, except for the cylinder ring it looked new. When I first fired it it was shooting about 3" left, when I went to adjust the rear sight it was way to the right, more so than any gun I own.
I would think that the front sight is on straight, and with 2 different shooters getting the same results it is not shooting style. It is not an accuracy problem as I have shot several good groups.
I believe the reason is that the barrel seems to whip to the left with recoil, my other guns seem to come straight back. It may be the grip shape and the light weight, the grip seems small at the top, but I know it was designed to be smaller and there are always trade offs.
Here is a pic, anybody else had this result?

ra

 

[White Falcon]

In this pic, your front site looks off set to the right????

 

[ra]

In this pic, your front site looks off set to the right????

The front sight looks to be perfect, the pic doesn't do it justice.

ra

 

[sharpblade7777]

Looks to be slightly canted to the right to me.

 

[Bucks Owin]

I'd say it's listing to starboard too....My .45 BH has this malady, but I wouldn't have expected it of a FA ... :?

 

[J Miller]

Gonna have to make that unanimous, it looks tilted to the right.

Joe

 

[quicksdraw]

I would call Freedom arms , I have 2 model 83s that shoot wonderful and i sold my third one for the simple fact i could no longer see the fixed sights . I have spoken with Bob Baker on a couple of ocassions and he was excellent to deal with . Hard to belive it left the factory like that but I guess it could happen .I belive they are all factory test fired and come with the target ?

 

[tek4260]

Gonna have to make that unanimous, it looks tilted to the right.

Joe

I agree it is tilted. I got some strange looks from my wife when she just looked at me holding a ruler up to the screen. I tried to explain... :roll:

 

[ra]

In the first pic I was focusing on the rear sight and was not trying to show the relationship to the front sight. I have taken another pic to try to show the front sight in relationship to the rear sight, as I said I believe the front sight is on straight. I know that everybodys eyes are different an two people can look at the same thing and see two different things.
Either way it doesn't bother me as that is what adjustable sights are for. I still think that it may be the way it recoils because the barrel seems to whip to the left. I have never shot left handed but next time I shoot it I may try shooting a few groups left handed and see if the groups shift.

ra

 

[don44]

Good pic.

 

[resident]

I had a Krag-Jorgensen rifle which shot far right of it's sight-picture. My gunsmith corrected it by lapping the last three inches of barrel. He said it was due to sloppy rifling near the muzzle, perhaps caused by heat-stress during manufacture. (It can also be caused by improper cleaning with harsh methods/tools, according to him.)

After he re-lapped/re-cut the lands/grooves, it shot dead-on.