What's the fix for canted front sight?

[peepaw]

I got a SAR 1 the other day and it has the dreaded front sight canted to one side problem. Just wondering what you guys do to fix this problem. The gun is shooting about a foot to the left at about fifty yards. :mad_small
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Peepaw

[Packrat]

There's a fix posted on the Romanian AK site, but they are changing servers this weekend and were down. The best fix is to punch out the 2 pins holding the sight base in place, turn it and move it forward or back a bit, and redrill the barrel to accept the pins in the new location. They may have a simpler fix.

Is your gas block aligned? that can cause problems with functioning if it is canted also.

[CAMPYBOB]

the b.i.y. forum over on the ak side of ar15.com has the fix procedure tacked in a thread up top.