Pump 22 "gallery" rifle, shoots waaay to the right

[hminsky]

I got a used Rossi 62 pump 22 rifle. It has a tang sight on it. When I tried to shoot it, it shot waaay to the right of point of aim.

I could adjust the the windage on the tang sight, and I cranked it all the way to the far left, and then I had to drift the front to the right sight so it was practically halfway hanging out of the dovetail, and the thing still shot to the right. I rolled up about 1/16th inch or more of aluminum foil and placed it as a shim under the tang sight to tilt it to the left, and I could then drift the front sight back so it's at least not hanging over the side of the barrel, and that now gets it to hit where I'm aiming.

But this seems ridiculous, how could it be so far off, and is there any way to get the barrel or stock lined up so that I have the tang sight close to the center and the front sight closer to the center? I've never had a rifle which had such a problem like this before.

 

[Carguy]

You wonder why you can never win anything using them at a shooting gallery!

 

[copterdoctor]

Barrel bent?

 

[Kaos116]

Barrel bent?

That was my first thought.

 

[hminsky]

Well, OK, given that this is just a .22, not a high powered rifle, I read that if you take a stack of phone books and whack the barrel on it in the direction you'd like to straighten, it can correct a small bend. Anyone have any better ideas? The rifle cost a total of about $200, so I'm not excited about any fancy work on it, or replacing the barrel (if there even are replacements available).

 

[EddieCoyle]

I wouldn't go bending the barrel. It's a takedown, right? Pull it apart and look down the bore. You should see a bent barrel. Is there any crown damage? Is the tang sight correctly mounted?

 

[Gammon]

I wouldn't go bending the barrel. It's a takedown, right? Pull it apart and look down the bore. You should see a bent barrel. Is there any crown damage? Is the tang sight correctly mounted?

A new crown sounds like a good idea.