Good Afternoon,
Front sight blade is loose. Other than mastics what fixes do you recommend. Have brass tools and the weapon is not pristine. Thanks, Randy
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Good Afternoon,
Front sight blade is loose. Other than mastics what fixes do you recommend. Have brass tools and the weapon is not pristine. Thanks, Randy
Remove the blade and peen one or both bottom edges and bang it back in. Don't go nuts just enough to snug'er up..
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Originally Posted by WarPig1976
Agreed re. peening. NEVER peen the dovetail socket on the rifle. But I would rather press the blade back in than bang it!
TIP:
Many old foresight blades are worn and rounded, giving a very poor sight picture. If you want to shoot it at 100 yards, and need a higher or better blade, please note that 98k blades will fit! Mauser never changed the basic design in almost 100 years!
I'm speaking metaphorically of course. Does bring up a good point though.
I know front sight adjustment tools are out there but are expensive. I've used my AK/SKS front sight tool at the range a few times on a SMLE and type 99 arisaka. It "kinda" works it ain't pretty! on blades that are proud of the base but beats whacking away with a punch and hammer and holding the rifle with your elbows.
Does anyone have a homemade sight adjusting tool that's range portable? Or some sort of set up that works with a vise?
Since one can't magically produce proper adjusting tools for all possible sights and muzzle diameters, and can hardly take the workshop to the range when trying out something new, I confess to using a fair amount of careful and controlled bang myself. Tools: a light ball-pene hammer and a piece of brass rod! It is important to have the sight block resting on something solid - such as a another brass block - so that you can control the blow and feel when the blade moves. Doing it "freehand" is very chancy. If you want really fine adjustments, say a couple of 0.001", then a small toolmaker's cramp will do the trick.
In all cases, you need something like a brass block between the object applying the force and the sight blade/block to avoid marring the sight blade and/or the sight block! Brass is good, aluminium can be quite "scratchy".
Will give peening a shot and have a 98 sight blade on standby. Thanks, Randy
We're on the same page here Patrick..:)
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Originally Posted by WarPig1976
Indeed - one has to adapt theoretically correct methods to the means one actually has available. So if necessary, it's back to the caveman days and flint knapping with a blunt instrument - but the proper tools do make it easier:lol: