dissassembly of a no.4 micro sight?

[Peter Laidler]

Here's a tip for all of you wanting to take the Mk1 sight apart. Do pretty well what TBonesteak has said BUT:

Get yourself a largish polythene bag and wrap the open end around your right wrist with an elastic band. Now cut a wrist size hole in the other end. Once you have driven the cross pin out, don't do ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT put the sight inside the bag together with yoiour left hand. NOW take it apart because no matter how careful you are, the ball or plunger WILL come whizzing out and you WILL lose it.

Assemble in the same way but use a big dob of grease to hold it all in place. But at least when it does whizz out the first, second and third and more times, it's still there!

When you've done it a zillion times you can do without the poly bag. You always knew when an Armourer had lost one because it was always followed by the words 'bolloxxx' which I understand indicates 'Oh, deary me, I'm losing my patience.......'

Anyone got a source for replacement balls. If I remember correctly, they are the same size as model railway wheel bearings. They certainly don't use many in my Centurion