New steel-framed Uberti Henry...good and bad

[Major 2]

even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while  

The fixed German silver blade sight was missing anyway after a shooting session , had always shot left too ....
so I use an old worn silver dime cut just beyond in half  

the smaller side was the staked part dressed to the upper 1/2 round side , offset the sight perfectly the width of the dime about 3/32" or a tad more.

some heat , some flux , some silver solder and wa la  a stepped front sight , dress with file and polish

I then installed it,  staked it and it moved my point of aim the needed amount .

This was Sharps carbine , I have no doubt it'd work on the Henry..too

[Coffinmaker]

I'm lucky I guess.  It ain't my rifle.  If it were my rifle, however, I'd have to do "something."  After studying the situation a mite more, I think dovetailing a new front sight would look kinda ....... wonky.  The rear sight so far to the left looks kinda ....... wonky.  Taking some of the offending "leg" of the rear sight might improve it to the point I could live with it.
Then I really started to think.  (This much thinking is ..... Painful)  After considering Major 2's epiphany with sistering and dressing the front sight, I think I'd go one step further. 
The Henry front sight is coarse at best (real wide sucker).  The rear sight is a fairly fine "V" (I've opened all my rear sights up.  After sistering the front (nice old silver dime) I'd fill the "v" in the rear sight and move it over cutting it square into a partridge type rear sight.
Then the rear sight assembly would be centered and look "not wonky."

OD #3 Says the rifle will group.  That's 3/4 of the accuracy fight.  Ive seen rifles that shot to point of aim (sic) at 40 yards but only shot "minute of Pie Plate."  It's not a cheap throwaway rifle.  If fact, it's a real good looking Henry.  I'd start with Major 2's suggestion (could even sister the front using J B WELD) then take it from there.

Coffinmaker     

[Fox Creek Kid]

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[OD#3]

Thanks for the suggestions all; keem 'em coming!  Coffinmaker, I thought about moving the rear sight notch, but it being a ladder sight, I'd have to do it twice.  "Sistering" the front sight sound promising.  Front sight adjustment moves the point of impact much more per millimeter of sight movement than rear sight adjustment does, so that might actually work. 

[Coffinmaker]

Remember ..........

If all else fails .............

Just throw ROCKS!!

Coffinmaker

[Rooster Ron Wayne]

I have a all Blue Uberti Henry Steel  Frame rifle .
Its marked Navy Arms on the barrel.
Its in 44/40 .
I use it some times with my Remington 1858s C&B pistols.

Its a very nice rifle .
I bought her from another Cowboy shooter for 650.00
Who also bought it from a retired cowboy shooter .

I have No idia how old it is .
But it dont have no safety like the 73.

And it has the long carrier Not a short carrier .

[Coal Creek Griff]

It's easy to determine the year of manufacture by the Italian date code.  If, by safety, you mean the trigger safety, they appeared on Winchester rifles beginning with the 1873.  Fortunately Uberti has generally followed suit.

CC Griff