Front sight for a Remington 581?

[deblaw223]

I have a Remington 581 made in 1977. I need a new front sight. When I go to e-gunparts.com and look at their schematic, the sight that I need looks right. I ordered it from Lyman, only to find it it is wrong. The dovetail base on the new one gets smaller from the top of the base to the bottom, tapering at about a 45 degree angle from the top of the base down. The one I need gets larger from the top of the base to the bottom.

I called Remington, and they gave me a Remington part number, but none of the online parts places I have contacted reference parts using Remington's number.

Anybody have a lead on where I could find one, or perhaps the Lyman part number if in fact it is a Lyman?

[Jay Huber]

Have you tried the dealers listed under SEVICE/PARTS on the home paqge this site? Jay Huber RSA

[deblaw223]

I tried 5 or 6 of the ones that had in their descriptions anything close to the Remington 581