D34 New Paint and sight mods

[Mudfish]

This rifle has been put through the ringer. Broke my rear sight so I put a williams peep on it. Then broke the front sight. After some searching I wound up putting a Masterpiece hooded front band sight on it. Then it fell AGAIN and broke the williams sights. Finally I put a Hawke 4x fixed scope on it and yep the gun fell over and that was the end of the Hawke scope. By the way that was a good scope it held up for a long time. After some searching I came across Skinner sights and put the CZ model on it BUT the profile was to low for my front sight. Luckily I had a bunch of UHMW laying around ( very tough wear resistant plastic) and modified it to the correct height. Its still a work in progress. The front sight is a 2.5mm  fiber optic insert with the fiber part cut out. It works great but the front hole is a bit thin probably going to put a small sleeve on it to thicken it up a bit make it easier to see the ring. By the way it's a D34P .22 with a Vortek kit with at least 10,000 rounds through it. Very smooth shooter and quiet. The metal was looking pretty darn bad after extensive use in humid weather so I painted it with Duracoat shake and spray Tactical black and OD green on the stock. My .177 D34P was painted last year and has held up very well but its just a target shooter. This was not a cheap fix, it has been a work in progress for almost a year but it works and I now have irons with a relatively low profile. Hope they don't break anytime soon.

[LAalex]

     How did you make the sleeve that attaches to the barrel?  Never used a Skinner sight but have read up on them and  quality by all reports is superb.  Would love to see some targets shot with your 34, they're great rifles.

[Mudfish]

Its one piece.

[Yogi]

Put a softer rubber butt pad on it!

Too many, slips and falls....

-Y

[Horatio]

It happens. Broke the Williams sight off my 392 by letting it hit the tile sighting it in.

First time a friend of mine shot anything ever, he leaned his 10/22 against the counter rail @ the indoor range. Any veteran knew what was about to happen, but it started sliding before my muscles could save it.

[aviator]

also have a d-34. front sight that comes on the gun looks more Chinese than german (ugly and fragile/deserves to be smashed). put a scope on mine and replaced front sight with a make believe suppressor.

[mista meener]

This rifle has been put through the ringer. Broke my rear sight so I put a williams peep on it. Then broke the front sight. After some searching I wound up putting a Masterpiece hooded front band sight on it. Then it fell AGAIN and broke the williams sights. Finally I put a Hawke 4x fixed scope on it and yep the gun fell over and that was the end of the Hawke scope. By the way that was a good scope it held up for a long time. After some searching I came across Skinner sights and put the CZ model on it BUT the profile was to low for my front sight. Luckily I had a bunch of UHMW laying around ( very tough wear resistant plastic) and modified it to the correct height. Its still a work in progress. The front sight is a 2.5mm  fiber optic insert with the fiber part cut out. It works great but the front hole is a bit thin probably going to put a small sleeve on it to thicken it up a bit make it easier to see the ring. By the way it's a D34P .22 with a Vortek kit with at least 10,000 rounds through it. Very smooth shooter and quiet. The metal was looking pretty darn bad after extensive use in humid weather so I painted it with Duracoat shake and spray Tactical black and OD green on the stock. My .177 D34P was painted last year and has held up very well but its just a target shooter. This was not a cheap fix, it has been a work in progress for almost a year but it works and I now have irons with a relatively low profile. Hope they don't break anytime soon.

It is much better to use a sledge hammer to knock down a concrete wall lol  then your rifle