Attempting to install a Rice peep, need some help

[redbaron]

Does anybody have a Rice peep installed on their Krag and be willing to take some pictures of how it's installed? I'm trying to figure out how all the screws go and I'm having some trouble

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[andiarisaka]

There's probably more than 1 way since some of the extractors are held on with a rivet, and some with a screw. I don't know offhand if the screwhead and the rivet head that is on the underside of the bolt sleeve is the same. Pics are none too good, but here's how mine is on.Attachment 17922Attachment 17921Attachment 17920Attachment 17919

Here's how to disassemble the bolt, in case you haven't figured it out yet: Collecting and Shooting the Military Surplus Rifle (2006) - U.S. Magazine Carbine, Model of 1892, 1896, 1898, and 1899 Bolt Disassembly & Reassembly

I have seen some that use a screw that goes down through the top, and the rivet hole is threaded, down where the screwhead is in my pics. Looks better than that nut on top, which doesn't get in the line of sight, by the way.

[redbaron]

Thanks for the pics, that helps a lot. The screw I'm using goes in from the top down as the screw head doesn't fit flush with the underside of he extractor. I think it's a little too long as it doesn't tighten all the way down before it hits the bolt.

Do you use the front nut there to adjust the sight at all or do you use only the three screws in the back?

[andiarisaka]

I only use the three on back. A friend of mine uses his in competition and tells me the little adjusting screws come loose during rapid fire. A drop of blue Loc-Tite might be in order. I guess mine is an example of one that formerly had a rivet and yours is meant for the extractor with a screw.

[redbaron]

I guess mine is an example of one that formerly had a rivet and yours is meant for the extractor with a screw.

I think you're right there. Mine has a recessed bit on the top of the extractor that fits the screw head pretty nicely. In the link to the bolt disassembly you gave me it looks like his extractor has the recessed bit on the underside which fits the head of the pin pretty nicely. I'm about 100% sure that the screw I got with the sight is not the original as it's too long and it was only threaded about 1/3 of the way up the screw, which is partly why Iwas having fits trying to figure out how it went together. Looks like I'm off to the hardware store for a shorter and fully threaded screw and some Loc-Tite. Thanks for the help!