I have a gun with front and mid-beads, but the hole for the brass mid-bead was drilled a tiny bit off center. I'm a Libra, and every time I look down the barrel it drives me crazy. I like a little mid-bead on all my O/U guns, as my MX8 is set up this way. I think I have come up with a solution to the problem, that I can do myself inexpensively.
I have ordered a new .125" bead with the correct threads. I intend to install it, and with my Magnavisor and needle files reshape the bead from .125" to the correct .063" diameter. But, I will do so while working mostly on one side, so that the finished bead is perfectly centered on the rib, even though the shank is threaded into the rib a tiny bit off-center.
When mounted and looking down-rib, it should look perfectly centered. That is the simplest and cheapest solution I can think of. Whatcha think?
SRH
