At long last!... my first L1A1..

[Peter Laidler]

Side to side wobble in the rear sight can be corrected by making sure that the two zeroing screws are tight. But if the slack is in the slide then you could cure it by nipping up slide on the bed. Loose leaf, same again. But a loose leaf and slide souldn't affect the zeroing or accuracy to any degree because they are both spring loaded and will always (?) return the balls and therefore the leaf or slide to the same position. The rifle ain't known for its pin point accuracy and that's why we didn't pursue its use with telescopic sights.

However, if the body is loose on the TMH, that's another story altogether. And before you go listening to a load of old bollo.......... er......... old wives tales about knocking seven bells out of the sides of the TMH and a zillion other hoary old chestnuts, I suggest you read and digest the previous articles written about the trusty old L1A1's on this very forum

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[enbloc8]

However, if the body is loose on the TMH, that's another story altogether. And before you go listening to a load of old bollo.......... er......... old wives tales about knocking seven bells out of the sides of the TMH and a zillion other hoary old chestnuts, I suggest you read and digest the previous articles written about the trusty old L1A1's on this very forum

For the record, I talked to an Australian who used to do competition shoots with SLRs, and mentioned the fix of silver-soldering shims into the TMH on either side of the body locking lug. He answered that that was forbidden per competition rules, because the rifles were supposed to be "as issued", and somebody who had the $1550 AUD (in the last years anyway) to purchase their own rifle from Lithgow should not have an edge over somebody who just used an issue rifle. Which is probably why the talk of "widen the TMH and tap in the body sides" spread so far....it was seen as "the next best thing".

Now, if you're not bound by such rules and don't have somebody inspecting it, I agree the shim solution makes much more sense.