Do i have to remove the fromt sight to disassemble my 1904a3
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Do i have to remove the fromt sight to disassemble my 1904a3
I am guessing you had a typo and was asking about a 1903-A3. Anyway, you do not have to remove the front sight. Just take the screw out of the front band, loosen the stacking swivel screw and the lower band screw, and slide both these forward. Then you can remove the barrel and receiver from the stock. Do not remove the screws from the lower band and stacking swivel as they are staked, and many times you will ruin the threads in the bands.Quote:
Originally Posted by cmecha
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Johnny Peppers, are you saying that the front barrel band can't be slipped over the front sight?
I don't think it can get past the stacking swivel and front band to do so.
Chris
The front band (w/bayonet lug) will not go over the front sight.
Hmmmm. Well, this little oversight on my part derails plans to put my 03 sporter into a military stock. Not really interested in taking the barrel off to do that. My fault, entirely, but I wish I had known that before I bought the stock and spent a fair amount of time fitting the rifle to it. At least I haven't bought metal and a sling, yet.
just remove the front sight. or just the sight blade..not that tough.
You don't take the barrel off the reciever , you remove the front sight blade from the post ( I THINK it will all fit over the post , if not you'll have to remove the post as an assembly ) . Either way , it's no big deal . Remove pin , drift out or off , install parts , reseat and reinstall pin.
So simple a caveman like me's done it.
Chris
There's a small screw on the front of the front sight. Remove this screw to remove the front sight from the dovetail. This allows you to slip of the front band.
OK, now I feel REALLY dumb. I assume the easiest course is to remove the front sight screw and slip the movable stud to the side for removal.
That's correct.
If your 1903A3 has a correct barrel, it does not have the set screw, the blade base is all one piece. You simply remove the very small sight blade pin, slide the blade out and "yes" all of the hardware does fit over the sight base. It's very easy, word of advice, get a punch the correct size, don't try anything else, it will raise hell with the pin and the hole.
The set screw holding the sight blade is a 1903 thing only, unless someone has fit a 1903 barrel on to an A3 action (which has happened before).
Randy is correct. With 1903A3's you just drift out the little pin and remove the sight blade. I've done several and they were easy to drift out.
I also agree to use the correct size drift pin punch, if you don't have one. It's a good investment anyway, just to have around for other uses.
what size punch?
This is from memory but I think the pin that secures the blade on both the 03 and the A3 are .050 inches in diameter.
I would guess it would be easier to only drive it out far enough to only remove the blade. Trying to keep track of the small pin and getting it restarted in the hole has always been a problem for me.
Chris
1/16th inch works fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by cmecha