If you bend it yourself then you won't have to exchange it because your problem will already be fixed.
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you could paint the washers flat black ? if you nut and bolt the washers in a stack then put in a drill and sand the round edges flat it would not look so much like a stack of washers ?The front sight is the original Diana sight, it looks odd because of the ugly electric tape I added.
Yes, 13 or 14 yards and no it doesn't go lower and lower. I know that because when I hit the 200 yards can it hits around it never drops drastically.
I think zeroing distance drop is when you have a scope and mount, then you have a couple of inches difference but in the case of open sight, the distance from the bore to the tip of the front sight is about an inch max.
The idea of all those washers is to make the spring tight. If I put the washers at the back only the screws get strained to an angel so washer on both sides to level the whole thing.
Filing the tip of the front sight is a good idea, better than these washers. I'm concerned that it would need to be filed down a lot to compensate though, you can see how high the washers push it and it's also unscrewed about 15 clicks.
ETA: I did disassemble and reassemble the front sight to make sure everything is tight and properly placed, including the insert.
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I have a Beeman Original 6, one of the Diana made break barrel Guiss system target pistols. Front sight is a big plastic globe sight. Sometime over the last 40 year, the globe has cracked. My thinking is it is a design flaw, as you literally have to use it to pivot the barrel down to cock. I finally found an all metal globe sight that would fit the small dovetail grooves. Turns out is that it is a just a little too high, making the gun shoot low. Not enough adjustment in the rear to compensate. so I cut some off the front sight post. It does look a little strange sighting as the post top in not centered in the globe, but it does shoot good this way. I slowly adjusted the sight height down with the rear sight adjusted just one the high side of the center of it's travel so I have some adjustment if I use different pellets or different range.The front sight is too high!