Aperture Sights for older Remington 552 Speedmaster .22LR

[graycrait]

In case somebody else wants/needs aperture sights on a Remington .22.

My Remington 552 got new sights ordered through Midway.

On the 1971 Remington 552 ADL I put a WGRS-54 from Williams that fits on .22 grooved receivers and then installed a .570M Williams High Streamline Front Sight with a 1/16" gold bead. I also replaced the aperture on the WGRS-54 with a Merit Iris Adjustable aperture that allows me to greatly change the aperture opening for light or accuracy. I also had ordered and received a Williams .340 Front Riser Block but it may be that I don't need it. With a laser boresighter and my rear aperture backed all the way "downhill" the dot is right on the front bead. If the front sight isn't tall enough then I can use the original Remington Sight and the riser which puts me over .600 but allows me to adjust the rear sight forward/up or back/down. I have a sneaking suspicion to be able to use a wide variety of ammo I may need just a bit more front sight height than the .570 gives me.

Although the front sight is pretty high, and may need to be a bit higher, I think the sight/aperture combo makes for a pretty clean rifle, yet one that allows "old" eyes to still shoot with iron sights.

For the 10/22 I ordered the Williams WGRS-RU22 set for the 10/22. It comes with a .570M w/1/16" Gold bead front sight. However, after boresighting I am confident that the stock Ruger Firesight front sight will work OK with the rear without installing the .570M. If all goes well I will have ordered an extra .570M and .340 riser, but I have 4 other 10/22s, two of which use iron sights. And I am hunting for a spare 552 and I imagine it too will need an "old eyes" sight set up.

Craig in Clarksville, TN

Edited February 24, 2011 by graycrait
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