where can i get a Swedish front sight blade?

[comm pogue]

hi, folks i'm trying to find a higher sight blade for my M94/14 carbine. i have a +0.5 on it and it shoots high i'guess i need the +.75 ??? the only place i found these, wants 14.50 to ship a 8.00 sight, i ain't ready for that yet, i'm kind of cheap any sugestions on where to get one. not a mauser person, but fun little gun to shoot. TIA and Semper Fi

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[rich v]

I'm kinda cheap too, but sometimes you just have to suck it up and open up your wallet and let the moth's see some daylight.

[Patrick Chadwick]

the only place i found these, wants 14.50 to ship a 8.00 sight, i ain't ready for that

I agree with rich v.

I have a well-equipped workshop. Sometimes I make small items myself, things that are in the hen's teeth category, like screws for wierd threads. But if you think through the operations required to mill a foresight blade with the dovetail, then it makes sense to bite the bullet - or rather, your wallet - and buy the thing, before spending an entire weekend hacking it out of the solid.

Patrick

[old shooter]

I got a higher front sight for a Swed on Ebay for about $10.00 with shipping
Sellers ID is gunpartscorp (Numrich Gun Parts Corporation )

[comm pogue]

guys i got a line on one, for 10.00 shipped, the moths are staying in the wallet. Semper Fi

[DaveN]

Am I to understand that $22.50 and the moths fly but $10 and they stay in? I think $85 for 20 rounds (8.15X46) they not only fly they migrate to another planet. And hang it on the wall and they stay in so nice and warm..............and I don't even drink.....well not much anyway.

[Patrick Chadwick]

I think $85 for 20 rounds (8.15X46) they not only fly they migrate to another planet.

Well, I wouldn't want to disturb your moths, so I already gave you an alternative suggestion, if you get cases and bullets for a 32-40 and apply a bit of DIY!

And hang it on the wall

Shame on you if you do that!

Go on DaveN, give it a try!

[DaveN]

I collect them okay I just have a hard time getting going when it comes to shooting them. Pat when I do you will be the first to know.

[Dutchman]

The m/94 carbines use a Vee front blade. The m/96 and m/38 use a square top front blade so they are not interchangeable between m/94 and m/96. I doubt you'll find a correct Swedish Vee front blade so you'll have to buy a m/96 blade and file it to shape.

Dutch

[Patrick Chadwick]

Dutchman, I haven't got an M94, so I can't try it out myself, but could a very ordinary (and thus easier to obtain) Mauser K98 blade be fitted? It would have the V profile, which is tedious to file and not so easy to achieve symmetry. A '98 blade might be slightly different in the dovetail, but a touch of peening/filing on the blade is easy to do. Easier than filing up the V. And the '98 blades are available in different heights (at least, they are here).