Well as the subject states I broke the front sight ramp off of the barrel of my 336c . I was putting an after market dovetail front post on. The new front sight was completely on and I was making minor left to right adjustments when the ramp broke away from the barrel. Both screws broke. Now while it was a tight fit getting the new dove tail in I assumed that it was natural as you really would not want it to move easily at all and I didnt feel that I was striking the punch excessively hard.

My question is should I send this back to Marlin (my rifle was purchased in the last year) to remount the ramp. Or if its not really a big deal should I have a local gunsmith repair this as I was putting an aftermarket front post on?

Thanks for your time and response

p.s. when my camera's batteries are charged I can post pictures if necessary.

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It don't matter what they do. Square pegs will never fit in round holes.

There is a tool available called a sight pusher that is designed to install and remove dovetail sights from ramps. That tool keeps things like happened to you from happening. Midway and Brownell's both sell them.

Now for your problem.

Can you get the broken screws out?

If you can you can just order another sight ramp and screws from Marlin or Midway or Brownells and install it youself. I'd use a little locktite or fingernail polish on the screw threads. Be sure and mike the hight of the ramp and sight to get the right heights to re-install.

If you can't get the broken screws out then your faced with a bigger problem. Broken taps are easy to take out simply because their made extremely hard so you can just break them up with a punch, but screws are another problem and my have to be drilled out and retapped. That would probably best be left to a gunsmith that has the proper tools.

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Bob from Idaho

Thanks for the sage advice. After a little time trying to remove the screws and contemplating drilling them out I decided to do the prudent thing and take the rifle to my local gunsmith. I already did enough damage lol.

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It don't matter what they do. Square pegs will never fit in round holes.