I grabbed my "Plain Jane" Dickert style flintlock rifle to head off to the Range for some early morning practice when I noticed my front sight for some reason didn't look right? It looked to tall in conjunction with my low rear sight I have on this rifle? After studying it a bit it finally dawned on me that I had made and installed a new front brass sight on this rifle last Fall and I had never worked it down and never centered it true on the top flat.
Obviously I also never went to the Range to zero this rifle - and why I didn't, I have no idea? Had I headed off to the Range without noticing this, I bet I'd of been a foot or better low and who knows how far left???
So, I've spent the last hour plus working down this front sight to where it should be close to where I want it, and I also dead centered it. I checked my rear sight as well (just to be sure) and it was centered, so apparently I didn't do anything to this rifle last Fall after making and "semi" installing a new front sight...
The sad part of all this is,,, the wind is now howling... Had I finished this front sight project last Fall, I could've checked the zero on this flintlock and had some fun doing it - dang it!
Wonder if I forgot any other Fall projects....