Sight Adjustment Tool

[40-65rl]

I have an 1884 Springfield trapdoor with the Buffington sight. I know there are folks who use a tool, like a micrometer tool of some kind, to adjust the sight in a more repeatable way than just eyeballing it. I am yet to find someone who can make one of these for me or find a source to buy a something that will work. I am open to knowing what other trapdoor shooters use to get repeatable sight settings on their Buffington sights. It doesn't necessarily need to be a micrometer. I do not want to install a different sight on the rifle.

[daneal]

Try a cheap (plastic will do) dial caliper. Use the rod to measure from "slider" to the frame of the "ladder". Record reading for each range.

[Tom Trevor]

Visit the Shiloh site and look up a poster named Woody he shoots with the Buffington sight at long range and constructed a nice tool made off a modified part of a micrometer. He does not sell them but a picture of one is there and any machinist could build one.

[40-65rl]

Thanks for the replies. Woody is a good friend but will not make one for me, go figure. I have a photo. Guess I'll look for a machinist.

[Tom Trevor]

There are pictures so the idea is there for use. I do not know if he still makes shooting the boxes as well since his cataract surgery.

[40-65rl]

Woody is still making his line boxes, rifle cradles and range boxes.