Switching barrels with iron sights

[fusion]

Hi .I have been lurking here for a while and am impressed with the amount of great info available,I am gathering the proper tools to make a switch barrel rifle out of my new .223 Hog Hunter,waiting for a barrel from the Gun Shack,300 blk,i plan on keeping the .223 barrel.My question is how do i line up the iron sights when i switch back to .223?Thanks...Fusion

[stangfish]

If you use the same bolthead the barrel should headspace back in the exact same position making your iron sights line up.

[BillPa]

Before pulling the barrel on my grandson's 14 I made two 6-48 threaded studs to turn into the mount screw holes, one for the bridge and one for the ring



I put a piece of tape on the barrel then used a straight edge on the studs to draw a line on the tape. When I reinstalled the barrel I realigned it using the studs, straight edge and the line on the tape.

I imagine one could use regular mount screws for the same purpose. Your only looking to align three things, the screws and a mark.

Bill