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Windage Adjustments
I need help correct windage for my 1917. Any ideas?
Thanks!
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09-15-2009 02:24 PM
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Don't forget to pound the front sight blade opposite how you'd move the rear. Take a caliper and measure the distances from the base edge to the blade base on both sides , then track your movement there and the effect on your group placement to set it correct faster/easier. Chris.
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Are you suggesting that I 'pound' the front sight with a brass punch?
Is there any sort of a sight tool available, along the lines of the AK front sight tool?
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There is a tool tp push the front sight. The Danish built this tool. Try this web site:Garand, M1, M14, M16, Carbine, 1911, 1917, Militaria, and Small Arms Information. I don't know if they sell them but the drawing has all the info you need to make one. Good luck.
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You can take an ak/sks sight tool and file some material off of the inside flat so that it will go over thet 1917 front sight and use it. Cheep way to go.
john
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Thanks all for the help. I appreciate it much.
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+1 on the sks tool
I had an Eddystone that needed a windage adjustment. I tried a brass punch to drift the front sight, did not work. Bought a sks sight tool and filed the inside dimensions down just a bit to fit on the 1917's front sight ears and screwed the tool in a bit and got the rifle right on with the windage. Works very well and cheap. HTH
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