Mauser M71 cavalry carbine at the range

[villiers]

Really can´t do much about the foresights on the Werder or the 71 cav. carbine as the blade is an integral part of the sight base (which, in turn is soldered onto the barrel). I always keep just the tip of the foresight in the V, so can´t get it lower than that. At present there are three solutions to the problem: (1) to drill a minute hole in the top of the foresight blade and use a pin with a glass bubble (2) to soft solder a brass plate to the front of the foresight (this was originally done to the Jäger rifles and maybe also to the carbines) and (3) ... think I´ll take your advice and use a `45 felt cleaning plug as a filler and see how that works (it´ll most likely produce a ballistic curve like a mortar). As you mentioned ... `tis a bit nippy at the moment on the range (and it´s about 20 kms on the motorbike) so will spend the time re-loading (neck sizer made by Triebel).

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[Patrick Chadwick]

(3) ... think I´ll take your advice and use a `45 felt cleaning plug as a filler and see how that works

- That is certainly the easiest option to try out.

(3) ... it´ll most likely produce a ballistic curve like a mortar.

- Which seems to be what you need.

(3) ... `tis a bit nippy at the moment on the range

- The technical term is "brass monkeys weather".

Good luck! - And let us know how it turns out.


Patrick