Uberti Remington Dovetails?

[Tom2]

I think I asked about this somewhere years ago, but now I forget the answer. Why does Uberti dovetail the front sight and the stud to the barrel on the Remington .44's they sell?

 

[Hawg]

Probably because that's the way Remington did it.

 

[Smokin_Gun]

Jus' the Mfg. choice...

 

[arcticap]

So the sight can be drifted for windage adjustment.

 

[Tom2]

OK then how come when I look at the old Remingtons for sale at gunshows, I have yet to see one with visible dovetails on it? Was that an early feature or something? Must have a good reason, especially for the loading stud, as it represents alot of work to add tight seamless dovetails to the barrel versus just drilling holes and putting in the parts.

 

[Hawg]

The front sight on mine was I know but after thinking about it that was a Remington Beals with the silver cone.

 

[mykeal]

They do it because they believe their customers prefer to have a drift adjustable front sight, and thus they will sell more guns. Pure and simple. Why is that so hard to figure out?

 

[Tom2]

Well because it would look like **** with the front sight base sticking out on one side to set very much windage, unless you are purely competition driven. I have no intention of doing that. That is what Rugers Old Army are for.

 

[mykeal]

So, you are not one of the people that they had in mind when they made that decision. I hope that's not a problem for you. It clearly isn't for them.

 

[Oldfalguy]

my s/n 96xxx does not have visible dovetails of any kind at all- Looks a bit like a Pietta front sight.

I like the Uberti dove tail because to me if I was to file ont he front side to get the POI I wanted and I screwed the pooch I would be in a better position to simple replace it vs one that was stacked in.