OK, not strictly an L1A1 question but...

[Longshaor]

I just got an IWS topcover for my L1A1 parts kit. Here's the problem, the little latches that attach the AN/PVS-2 T&E unit to the slide on the top cover can't rotate far enough to securely engage the slide. Can these be adjusted and, if so, how?

Thanks in advance!

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[Peter Laidler]

I think that they can.............. As I remember them, if they are overturning and are being obstructed before they tighten up, you've got to take the thumbscrew/winder/lever part off the screw part and put it back one notch or flat rearwards so that it tightens the bolt before the lever binds. I'm saying this from memory now so forgive me if I'm wrong

[Longshaor]

Thanks, Peter! I'll give it a shot tonight!

Cheers!

[nzl1a1collector]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

If, like you say you have an IWS Top Cover/Mount and your trying to fit a AN/PVS-2 bracket STOP They are not interchangeable, the AN/PVS-2 mount will not fit the IWS bracket, no matter how much you try.

if you look closely at the front of the IWS mount there is a big square shaped lug. Now if you look at the front of the PVS-2 bracket you will see there is a crescent shape cutout.

Can you see the problem?

There are 4 ways to fix this problem.

1. Get a PVS-2 mount for the L1A1/FAL rifle

2. Get a IWS sight.

3. Modify the IWS mount to accept the PVS-2 bracket (in doing so devaluing an expensive piece of kit)

4. Try and find the very rare Australian mount. These are the only mounts that will accept both the IWS and AN/PVS-2 bracket.

Top: Australian Mount.
Middle: IWS Mount.
Bottom: IWS bracket.

[Peter Laidler]

Er....... KtK......., I HAVE a zeroable/adjustable AN/PV mount (less the actual IIW AN/PV sight) on a bog standard L1A1 IIW body cover in my drawer at work!

Perhaps the zeroable brackets we had on our early AN/PV's were made for our L1A1 IIW top covers. Yes, it is fitted to the lower of the two covers shown above. Slide the lower (as shown above) bracket OFF and slide AN/PV bracket ON

[nzl1a1collector]

Hi PtP, something isn't quite right then, maybe your bracket like you said is an early one. Any chance of some pics of it at some stage to check it out?

For the others, the problem is although you can slide both types of brackets onto the IWS mount the PVS2 bracket will not lock up correctly in the slots as it can't reach them because the square lug stops the PVS2 bracket moving forward enough to engage the grooves. Hence the two set of grooves on the Australian Model to overcome this problem.

[Longshaor]

nzl1a1collector,

OK, i'm puzzled then. The topcover I have is a dead ringer for the lower one in your photo, square block and all. I measured out where the screws are and where the notches are, they line up - the notch in the topcover is 7/16" in front of the square block & the rear cut out for the cylinder that engages the notch is 7/16 from the back of the T&E block. Not sure if this means the one I have is an early production model or not, but the points of engagement clearly line up.

The problem is the swing on the screw levers, they impact the topcover before the T&E unit fully locks up. It holds, but there's about 1/16" fore/aft movement. From their current start point, the levers only have a range of travel of about 70-80 degrees. If I were able to reposition the start point further back it would have a range of motion roughly double that, hence the original question.

Peter - to maybe jog your memory a bit, is the lever held to the screw by a transverse pin through the lever & screw? That's what it looks like, but you're the armourer!

Cheers & thanks to both of you!

[nzl1a1collector]

Ohhh Bugger, sorry to miss-lead you I've just been trying out the IWS and PVS-2 Sights on the various mounts and I have it bullsed up ... The IWS won't lock properly on the PVS-2 Mount, not the other way round! D'ohhhhh. I'll crawl back under my rock.

[Longshaor]

No worries, mate.

[Peter Laidler]

No worries from me either. You can imagine what it's like for me having seen and having armouries full of the stuff, trying to remember it all and where you've put it! But it makes the memory cells work overtime!