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April 1, 2012, 01:13 PM | #1 |
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Rear sight wiggled loose on m1 carbine
Any suggestions for fixing it? Loctite? JB Weld?
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April 2, 2012, 02:36 AM | #2 |
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Is it loose in the dovetail?
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April 2, 2012, 04:36 PM | #3 |
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Yeah. War Department says to whack things with a hammer
WAR DEPARTMENT TM TECHNICAL MANUAL 9 - 1276
http://kmike.com/M1/TM9-1276_1947.pdf "...indent the area in front of the dovetail slot. This can best be done by using a large steel drift, placing the drift in the location shown in figure 41, and rapping the drift with a hammer. Undertake this operation with extreme caution. A blow only hard enough to cause a flow of metal into the dovetail slot is necessary." Then stake it. Man, I don't feel good about taking a hammer and drift to a USGI receiver. I have an Auto Ordnance repro with the same problem, so I could practice on something just as expensive but replaceable.
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"Jeez, man, what's another word for 'stupid?'" "Tactical." -Tom Servo Marlin 795, 795ss, 39A Mountie, CZ-455 American, CZ-452 Scout, CZ-75 Kadet, AOM160 M1 Carbine, USGI M1 Carbine, M1 Garand, Dan Wesson PM7 1911 |
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