Here she is.... The one I can't get to run reliably.... What do I have....

[Bruce McAskill]

Trigger housing was made for IBM. The sear for Standard Products. Hammer late war/post war replacement. The bolt should be marked on the end of one of the lugs. I would also suggest a punch to push back the dimple that could be retarding the funtioning. I would do this first then take the carbine to the range to check funtioning AFTER you clean it that is. You may not need to replace the spring if it works like it's supposed to.

[painter777]

Please clean it.....

CH-P777

[ABPOS]

I cleaned it. That's what I was in the process of doing when I took the pictures. I realize I should've taken the pictures AFTER. But I didn't. SORRY!!! Thanks for the replies on this!!

The tolerances of this carbine sure seem a lot sloppier than my Dad's inland. Everything just seems to be looser. When I look at how my Dad's bolt is in reference to the receiver, there are nice clean, consistent lines. Or I should say the dimensions between the receiver and the bolt are much more consistent. And mine seems all, inconsistent. And the trigger group fit is so sloppy compared to the inland. Ugh. So, I'm not sure how much either of those things make a difference, and yeah, I wish I was close to one of you experts on this board. I just think my Dad's has a better chance of being a more reliable weapon. But maybe I'm wrong. His seemed to have hiccups too, I just never shot it as much as mine.

[INLAND44]

I think your canted front sight is an optical illusion based on the warped sight relief in the hand guard. Look at the pic you posted and cover the center of the pic including the hand guard with a piece of paper. Now compare the sight to the back of the receiver, and it looks pretty good.

'I don't recall saying I had a problem with elevation when shooting. Other than the fact that to zero, it had to be raised up to 200'.
That is a problem indicating the front sight post is too tall.

'I've been hesitant to take the front sight off for a couple of reasons. First off, if I order a new one, it might be expensive, and it might not be any better than the one I have.'
You don't remove it to lower the sight blade, you file it down at a slight down angle to the front. Do this at the range, with the rear sight on '1-1.5'. Continue until you are maybe 1" high at 25 yds. While shooting, adjust your windage to the vertical centerline. Later, adjust the little movable indexing plate on the back of the sight to meet the index line on the ramp. Now take it to the 100 yd. range and adjust the windage a little if needed. You should be about 6" high at 100 in order to make the other ranges on the rear sight meaningful.

Don't forget, this is a mil-collectors site. We are interested in maintaining our carbines according to the original ways. The carbine is designed and manufactured to have a certain sighting method, which I have explained. If you want your carbine zeroed at 100 yds, feel free to do so - it's yours to do with as you please. I've posted this picture many times here, the latest one just the other night, and I do it because even among veteran carbine owners/collectors, there seems to be a high level of misunderstanding about how the carbine is set-up to be sighted. You'll note that the acceptable zone of impact on this 100 yd. target is completely above the point of aim, and is 12" high. This puts the optimal POI on center and 6" high, although the acceptance of hits in other areas is very lenient.

[ABPOS]

Thank you. You can understand a skepticism in not wanting to file my front sight though, no? First off, different ammo has a different POI. Most of my rifles throw different ammo in different places. Some more exaggerated than others. Therefore, if I file it down to match say, American Eagle, and then find out WWB hits lower..... should I then file it down more? You see my point. I didn't want to be hasty about it and I'm not sure how much I want to alter it. I've never fired USGI ammo in it and don't know if it would have a higher POI than the commercial stuff I've used. I suppose this is another reason why I find the AR to be a more forgiving and user friendly platform. BUT, I like the carbine so much, I'm willing to press on to do the right thing. Whatever that is. Hehehhehe

I ordered some springs from Orion7. Op slide springs and a few others. Hopefully that helps.

[imarangemaster]

I had a carbine that I had to use the 200 yard setting for 100-150 with Remington and Winchester 110 FMJ. Rather than file, I just used the 200 which was perfect. I wouldn't file it right now.

[ABPOS]

Thank you for understanding!


I have to admit, I really really like it when a firearm has a poi of right at the top of the post. Maybe it's not "milspec" that way. But that's the way I like it. I guess maybe I need to be a little more conforming sometimes..... Yet it makes sense to me for it to be this way. I think I can be more accurate with this sight picture. I figure, if sights are adjustable, use them to your advantage. On the other hand, you can't always dial in the perfect setting for every distance, so it isn't always going to align to POI at the top of your post, unless you're ONLY shooting on a range and know the distance and know where to move your dials to, to coincide. But not real practical in real world settings. Maybe helpful to a degree.

[imarangemaster]

With where my Inland is printing at 25 yards, it should be 5" high at 100 and dead on at 150.

[INLAND44]

That is perfect.

Arpos; you're right, you would never file on the sight until you're sure, and have settled on a high-quality ammo. And don't forget, any point of impact between the aiming point and 12" high is good, which obviously includes a point 1" above the POA. Get it? So you can adjust your sight to be in accordance with the original requirement and still have that precision aiming at 100 that you're looking for.

[ABPOS]

Got it. I think that is one of the upsides to the garand, m14/m1A, mini14 and carbine is the sights are closer to the bore than an AR. It makes it a little more user friendly in that respect. But yeah, I think the biggest challenge of being accurate is knowing where your POI is with different ammo. Now, if you have the cash to buy one kind and stack it high and deep, it's not as big of an issue. I've never bought a whole lot in bulk myself though. Even the couple thousand of M2 ball I had got shot up pretty quick. Which I guess is the point.