Fine tuning sight tool

dhusker · 06-01-2008, 11:08 AM

I know there are tools for fine tuning the rear sight on a 1917 artillery. My question is what do you use if you do not have one of these tools?

Ron Wood · 06-01-2008, 11:42 AM

Make one by grinding/filing a screwdriver.

dhusker · 06-01-2008, 11:51 AM

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Originally posted by Ron Wood
Make one by grinding/filing a screwdriver.

Thanks Ron, I am afraid that my metal working skills are on a par with my golf game (no pun intended) that is, non-existent. Degenerative arthritis in my thumbs really limits me.

laoshi75 · 06-01-2008, 12:13 PM

are you speaking about this tool ?

dhusker · 06-01-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally posted by laoshi75
are you speaking about this tool ?

Yep.

Lugerdoc · 06-01-2008, 02:02 PM

DH, I have one like shown above, available at $100 postpaid. One note of caution: the pins in these tools are a bit fragile and can break, if your fine tune screw is "out of round" or rusted in. I find for the "heavy" jobs, I use my ground down screw driver. TH

dhusker · 06-01-2008, 02:22 PM

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Originally posted by Lugerdoc
DH, I have one like shown above, available at $100 postpaid. One note of caution: the pins in these tools are a bit fragile and can break, if your fine tune screw is "out of round" or rusted in. I find for the "heavy" jobs, I use my ground down screw driver. TH

Thanks, I had one of these and lost it while shooting last Sun. I was wondering if there were any cheaper alternatives.

Mauser720 · 06-08-2008, 12:20 AM

As Lugerdoc has pointed out, these tools are easy to break, especially if the adjustment screw is rusted in place or out of round.

I have had excellent luck by first soaking the screws with Gunk brand "Liquid Wrench - Super Penetrant" in order to free them up for easier movement.

Mauser720 - Ron

06-01-2008, 11:08 AM	#1
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Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,120 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	Make one by grinding/filing a screwdriver. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

06-01-2008, 02:02 PM	#6
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	DH, I have one like shown above, available at $100 postpaid. One note of caution: the pins in these tools are a bit fragile and can break, if your fine tune screw is "out of round" or rusted in. I find for the "heavy" jobs, I use my ground down screw driver. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

06-08-2008, 12:20 AM	#8
Mauser720 User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 535 Thanks: 18 Thanked 49 Times in 33 Posts	As Lugerdoc has pointed out, these tools are easy to break, especially if the adjustment screw is rusted in place or out of round. I have had excellent luck by first soaking the screws with Gunk brand "Liquid Wrench - Super Penetrant" in order to free them up for easier movement. Mauser720 - Ron __________________ Mauser720 - Ron "Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it."