Adjustable front sight on 1915 well used Arty - Page 2

alanint · 12-31-2010, 11:20 AM

A useful addition to that erzats punch made from a medium to large nail is to add a spent .22 case to the end of it.

Presto! A non marring brass punch to tap on your front sight with!

The .22 case solution works for the ends of cleaning rods, etc. when used as a ram rod and other non bore cleaning tasks.

The brass base of the case will avoid scratching most surfaces.

Neil Young · 12-31-2010, 12:43 PM

alanint:
Great suggestion/sollution. As with most things, the best solutions are often the most simple. The trick is to get my simple mind to come up with good simple solutions. Good job.

Neil

John Sabato · 01-10-2011, 11:10 AM

My advice would be to just keep the muzzle/front sight of the barrel in the Kroil. Once every few days, take the barrel and place it on its side with the screwhead up. Support the underside of thefront sight base with an appropriate sized piece of hardwood. Maple hardwood flooring scraps are good for this purpose since they are very hard but won't likely mar the metal surface. You can likely find them in the dumpster where new homes are being built, or the contractor building the home will probably just give you some.

Then take a flat tipped brass punch or drift and place it on the screw head and wallop it with a small ball peen hammer to jar the threads. THEN try to use the tool with moderate pressure... don't try to "KING KONG" wrestle the screw out. Each time you do this, the Kroil will have a new opportunity to get deeper into the threaded connection between the screw and the sight base. Eventually, this screw will move...

With a properly supported front sight base, and judicious use of the hammer and brass drift, this method should not harm your Luger in any way.

lugerholsterrepair · 01-10-2011, 11:40 AM

Remember it is not just the screw you are trying to move but the dovetailed sight base.

Jerry Burney

12-31-2010, 12:43 PM	#2
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 552 Thanks: 567 Thanked 449 Times in 170 Posts	alanint: Great suggestion/sollution. As with most things, the best solutions are often the most simple. The trick is to get my simple mind to come up with good simple solutions. Good job. Neil __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

01-10-2011, 11:10 AM	#3
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,309 Times in 1,098 Posts	My advice would be to just keep the muzzle/front sight of the barrel in the Kroil. Once every few days, take the barrel and place it on its side with the screwhead up. Support the underside of thefront sight base with an appropriate sized piece of hardwood. Maple hardwood flooring scraps are good for this purpose since they are very hard but won't likely mar the metal surface. You can likely find them in the dumpster where new homes are being built, or the contractor building the home will probably just give you some. Then take a flat tipped brass punch or drift and place it on the screw head and wallop it with a small ball peen hammer to jar the threads. THEN try to use the tool with moderate pressure... don't try to "KING KONG" wrestle the screw out. Each time you do this, the Kroil will have a new opportunity to get deeper into the threaded connection between the screw and the sight base. Eventually, this screw will move... With a properly supported front sight base, and judicious use of the hammer and brass drift, this method should not harm your Luger in any way. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

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12-31-2010, 11:20 AM	#1
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	A useful addition to that erzats punch made from a medium to large nail is to add a spent .22 case to the end of it. Presto! A non marring brass punch to tap on your front sight with! The .22 case solution works for the ends of cleaning rods, etc. when used as a ram rod and other non bore cleaning tasks. The brass base of the case will avoid scratching most surfaces.