over under sights

[ChoochCharlie]

I have a .22 over .410, hard sights.
Cool squirrel gun and perfect for teaching my son, who's 8.
Locally we have a shotgun only deer hunting rule. I have in recent years put away my 12g for the .410 to save my shoulder and have had few complaints. But for one.
The .22 and the .410 are not perfectly aligned. When I zero the .410 for deer season using slugs, the .22 hits about 6 inches high and right at 50 yards.
This was never an issue, I would just re-sight in the barrel I was to use, for plinking or hunting.

Now I have my son using the gun a lot more. Sometimes both barrels in the same day.
I have been picturing a custom rear sight with 2 notches.
A scope is in the future possibly, this will further exaggerate the problem though.
Anyone dealt with this too and have ideas or a solution?

Buying another gun, either chambering, will solve it for sure but still does not solve this guns problem. The barrels are out of alignment.

[otterbob]

Hate to say this But !!! Live with it, and do not try to change the sight.

The problem happens when 2 tube are welded/soldered together, it is impossible to align them perfectly,

Your gun was designed to compensate for this by sighting in the 22 and allowing the "size" of the shotgun pattern to cover the targeted area.

You are using a single shot now , why not get a second single shot shotgun for 50 bucks or so and consider it an addition to your arsenal, or a backup in case the first gun fails ?

Otter Bob

[sawyerob]

The problem happens when 2 tube are welded/soldered together, it is impossible to align them perfectly,

Actually, it's NOT impossible... It's just impossible to do it "cheaply"... It takes trial and error, and time is money... That's why the high priced spread DO shoot both bbls to the sights...

I love combo guns, i just hate the cheapo guns, because of this very reason.

Rob