Balls

[Steve H. in N.Y.]

Had to repair a Mk.1 sight for a No.4 rifle and ended up with about 100 extra elevation detent balls. They measure .0934" on a non-Chinese micrometer. These may also work on PH sights but I don't want to disassemble one just to check-maybe someone else can confirm? Anyhow, if you need one or two just PM me.

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[jona]

PM sent.

[Steve H. in N.Y.]

Rooting through my parts bin today I find I actually have a couple of hundred or so left. If you need one or a dozen PM me.

[Peter Laidler]

Steve, you're all that's good about this forum.

Don't forget if you're taking advantage of this offer, to assemble the sight with both hands and sight inside a plastic bag

[Roger Payne]

Useful tip there Peter. I have a bucket in the garage with about 400 Mk1 sights in it, all missing their balls! In fact I recently bought a couple of hundred off 'that' auction site for about a tenner. Completely forgot about Steve's previous kind offer.....

ATB.

[Peter Laidler]

You OK for springs...... I say that you always need a bit of springiness in your balls.......

[paulseamus]

But should they be oiled prior to fitting?

[gsimmons]

But should they be oiled prior to fitting?

That's none of our business.......

[WarPig1976]

Steve, better to have more balls then you need then no balls at all.

[Roger Payne]

But of course, don't forget, it is possible to get away with having no balls...........if you have a plunger instead.

Thanks Peter, you might recall a pal of mine having a word with a pal of his, & all of a sudden I had about a meter of springy stuff; enough to cut up into.........well, at least a squillion individual sight springs.