Fore Sight Adjusting Cramps (by Graeme "broadarrow303" Barber)

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With thanks to member Graeme "broadarrow303" Barber, an excellent educational research article titled “Fore Sight Adjusting Cramps” (also called Clamps), has been added to the Technical Articles for Milsurp Collectors and Re-loaders (click here). Essentially, these devices were designed and manufactured to facilitate the adjustment or exchange of a foresight blade as part of the “zeroing” process.

Fore Sight Adjusting Cramps (by Graeme "broadarrow303" Barber) (click here)

Article Extract .....

If you have collected a military firearm perhaps you too will have experienced the euphoria created by admiring it, reading about it and showing it off to others who are willing to share the passion. This is very often followed (invariably soon after acquisition) by the desire to purchase accessories, tools and any other item that was used with or for its continuance in service. Most extra items are readily available and reasonably priced and can keep the interest alive before another firearm for the collection is sourced. Most collectors acquire extras such as bayonets, slings, ammo pouches, manuals, cleaning gear, armourers tools or any other accessory they manage to lay their hands on.

While many of the extra items were issued with the firearm as part of a soldiers fighting kit there were some that were used by armourers and intended for more specialised functions. Foresight adjusting cramps are one example of such items but little seems to have been written about them. (article continues) .....

Tool No 1 Mark II fitted to a SMLE rifle (Authors collection)
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Regards,
Doug

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