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This one will be controversial for several reasons, so I wanted to present a few things prior to getting into the meat of the post. As a gunsmith and gunmaker my priority is to serve my customers and fulfill THEIR desires on THEIR firearms, so long as the end result is safe. You may have your opinions, and im not here to change them. This is my clients opinion and his rifle.

So…let’s install a red dot on a recent production H&H round action .500ne.

How can I accomplish this and live with myself?

I did these modifications in a way that will allow one to return it to something the factory would or has done. In this example, one can remove the sight/mount and install a 3-leaf sight commonly found on such double rifles made by the manufacturer. This came with some compromise as I wish the red dot was closer to the eye for field of view reasons, but I couldn’t come up with a way to accomplish such without much more invasive modification.

The rifle came with a single fixed blade rear sight, so I extended the dovetail cut in the rib, made a new rear sight I filed in for 50yds in the same style as original but longer, then made a QR mount for the red dot which slides onto the rear sight and locks on.

Next came the decision;should we use a QR lever or a screw with large slot to lock it in. My clients choice was a screw with large slot which can be attached/removed with a screwdriver, or even a large coin. His reasoning is the lever would stick out more and he worried about it catching on stuff.

Some engraving remains to do on the new sight, but that will be accomplished at a later date due to time constraints.

So, off we go…

500-2 by Aa Li, on Flickr

IMG_0271 by Aa Li, on Flickr

IMG_0268 by Aa Li, on Flickr

500-3 by Aa Li, on Flickr

500-4 by Aa Li, on Flickr

in practice...
500 by Aa Li, on Flickr

500-1 by Aa Li, on Flickr