First of all, thank you for your kind words and trust, I have a LOT of friends that are like family here, and I never stray far from that thought in my day to day journey....
My family has been down with the flu for the last few days and today I actually re-joined the living! ..
So I thought I'd take a look'ee'see at your byf 41 barreled receiver that was/is shooting high left? And first off, it is a pretty nice unit, and we will certainly endeavor to keep it that way... But, here's what I found out... In the inspection, I observed, same as you, that the barrel front sight blade was slightly canted to the left, just shy of being perfectly vertical, with the extractor slot lining up within tolerances, and the index mark just shy of lining up... So, I decided to remove the barrel, and then re-torque it so the front sight base dovetail and index mark were square with the receiver... Well, the barrel came loose with a bit of effort, (tight) and would tighten back up to exactly the same place as to where we started... which leads me to think maybe they were screwed on as tight as possible, and marked, and then disassembled and reassembled down the line... Anyway, after working it tight and then loose a few times.. maybe a dozen cycles or so.. I succeeded in getting the index marks lined up properly.. and when I rechecked the vertical alignment, it was within approx. a degree of rotation from perfect! (opposite from before, 1 degree past, not two or three degrees early.. ) It looks perfectly aligned in all respects... So, later this week, when I'm back to being normal.. (that might be a stretch?...
) It will be off to the range... all in all I'm pretty happy with the results and I'm anxious to see the difference in impact the adjustment makes?... By the way James, how far to the left approx. did it print prior to sending it to me?... Now I have to find someone who can see good enough to shoot!....
... best to all, til...lat'r....GT