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    Straightening a backsight ladder - Part 1 the bend and jam

    Keep watching Randy - maybe this will cheer you up after your flight

    As I wrote yesterday - here comes a picture story. It's one of those cases where pics say a lot more than thousands of words.
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    As I expected - the slider is jammed on the ladder. Why? Well, it will have happened something like this...

    This is how your sight ladder looks now:


    This is a representation of how it should be. The small clamp is a stand-in for the backsight notch...


    This is how it was bent...


    This is why it is jammed...


    ... the bends will have appeared at the ends of the slider. If you now try to force the slider back, it will be FUBARed

    The next part will reveal how to straighten the sight. Stay tuned - or maybe make a cup of coffee while I continue to compose?
    Last edited by Patrick Chadwick; 02-17-2022 at 12:18 PM.

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