FYI:
Came home from Appleseed, took a day off, and headed to the range for some dot drills to see if I'd improved.
Sho'nuff, shrunk groups by 1/2...100% improvement, can't wait to shoot an AQT with an M-1 Garand..or Lee- Enfield...
Monty
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Dancing_Banana.gif)
No, not the BANANA!!!!
Hey, Monty, you shoot a 210 or higher, let me know, and save the target.
I've done it in perfect conditions with the 74 and an ar-15, a 221 with the 74 and a 220 with the 15...
I did save my STG-58 jamm-o-matic target, shot a 179 (?) or higher depending on how you score it (25 yard) after , did get 4 hits in the belly on the 600, so happy anyway...
What's with the banana?
After the gear craziness this weekend with my FAL, I double checked my Garand...
Is the rear site supposed to have a release setting? I mean: When I attempted to get to mechanical zero today, the elevation just kept spinning around and clicking - even after tightening...
Is this bad slop?
Do I have yet another cripple?
Monty
Quote from: Vermontagnard on October 23, 2007, 11:35:20 PM
After the gear craziness this weekend with my FAL, I double checked my Garand...
Is the rear site supposed to have a release setting? I mean: When I attempted to get to mechanical zero today, the elevation just kept spinning around and clicking - even after tightening...
Is this bad slop?
Do I have yet another cripple?
Monty
You likely just aren't tightening it
correctly. I would recommend that you take the time now to research the Garand
sight, but instead of me posting a
cite on how to do so, I expect the best way would be for you to search for a
site on the internet that describes it fully. :)
Sorry, but the site, sight, cite usage is a pet peeve of mine. :)
Do learn the Garand sight well, it's a gem but many don't know how to properly handle it.
Uh huh.
That was entirely illuminating, that's for the help!
Monty
Quote from: Vermontagnard on October 23, 2007, 11:35:20 PM
After the gear craziness this weekend with my FAL, I double checked my Garand...
Is the rear site supposed to have a release setting? I mean: When I attempted to get to mechanical zero today, the elevation just kept spinning around and clicking - even after tightening...
Is this bad slop?
Do I have yet another cripple?
Monty
Check CMP website for detailed disassembly/reassembly procedure for the rear sight.
Likely cause is loosened screw on the elevation drum; that happened to me already, prevented the drum pinion from driving the sight.
With properly tightened screws, the elevation pinion will track properly with sight rack,
sans slippage.
Easy to take whole thing apart down to individual pieces if you need to examine each part; why not do that to ID any part fault (missing, worn teeth, breakage) then put it together by the book with known good parts.
Mismatched rear sight parts will also do pretty much the same thing. BTDT already.
one check from the M14 Firing Line Public Forum: http://www.m-14forum.com/upload/showthread.php?t=38545
another M1/M1A rear sight check out post from right here:
http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=343.0
Check this out, also:
http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=947.msg9826#msg9826
It has a .pdf from Surplusrifle.com on the rear M1 sight.
Thanks for the Garand help, Gentlemen...
Monty