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Members, I need help understanding the cheek piece alignment on my new 1907 w/ 1912 stock. I am right handed. Currently, I am unable to view my front sight with my cheek piece in tact. The adjustable cheek piece is too high in the lowest position and needs to move to the right (I have adjusted to the right as far as it will go). The reason I finally purchased an Anschutz was to upgrade my prone rifle from a BSA Martini and was looking forward to the adjustments available. Without some alterations, it looks like I have made a mistake in stocks, but I have never read anyone having this type of trouble while preparing for my purchase. Help!!! Getting frustrated at this point.

Hello,

If you would consider yourself a "craftsman" and have access to various power tools, I would recommend constructing your own cheekpiece as this would be the cheapest solution. However, if not, i think your next "cheapest" solution would be to purchase a tec-hro offset riser, or similar. Increasing the height of the rearsight will yield a similar effect to lowering the cheekpiece, and offsetting the rearsight left will yield a similar effect to offsetting the cheekpiece to the right. attached, I have a link to the product

http://www.10pt9.com/Sighting/Sight-Ris ... -p200.html

Not being able to see the foresight at all is not good. I use off-set blocks (different make to those referred to above, but the effect is the same), and a much modified cheekpiece to get a comfortable head position, but I can still aim with a "normal set up". Ok, my head is tilted over, the rifle is canted too, and it's not comfotable but I can do it. To me, blocks are for fine adjustment.

Before getting blocks, I'd check your handstop/sling settings (if for prone), and the lateral position of the butt/angle of hook, as these may be preventing your from aiming properly.

Have you tried to bring to your eye the rearsight?.
This is achieved by rotating the buttplate to the right.

If you want to sell the BSA give me details because I´m looking for one

There are two vertical adjustments on the 1912 cheekpiece, the coarse one on the stock and the fine one on the cheekpiece hardware. Are both of them at the lowest possible position?

You did loosen the mounting screws on the top before you went for the side to side adjustment? Side to side is a three step process: #1 loosen top screws, #2 adjust side to side, #3 tighten top screws.

The cheekpiece itself is just a chunk of plastic, (at least on most stocks) it responds well to Dremel tools and surform (cheese grater)files.

Cheers,
'Dude

One final point, if you remove the two screws that hold the cheekpiece to the mounting hardware you will notice there are two sets of holes on the little mounting blocks. using one set or the other will automatically move the cheekpiece over about 6mm or so.

You can also get fancy and "split" those mounting holes, (one near and one far) to add some angle adjustment to the cheekpiece.

'Dude