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CptCurl
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Re: leaf sights
22/01/10 04:54 AM

I had one that was flopping around as described. It was the type of rear sight with a standing leaf flanked by a folding leaf behind and a folding leaf in front. The front leaf was loose.

I drifted the sight assembly out of the rib and found that each folding leaf had a small leaf spring bearing against the sight leaf. When upright, the leaf spring lodged in a flat on the bottom of the hinge part of the sight leaf, thus holding it upright. The little leaf spring for the front sight leaf was broken.

I fabricated a new leaf spring using a binder clip for material. I cut the leaf spring out using a cutoff wheel on a Dremel tool, then smoothed the edges with stones. It now works perfectly. Easy fix.

Curl

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leaf sights	Shikari	21/01/10 01:25 AM
Re: leaf sights	4seventy	21/01/10 12:20 PM
Re: leaf sights	CptCurl	22/01/10 04:54 AM
Re: leaf sights	tinker	22/01/10 06:50 AM
Re: leaf sights	CptCurl	22/01/10 10:44 AM
Re: leaf sights	AkMike	22/01/10 12:51 PM
Re: leaf sights	CptCurl	22/01/10 01:50 PM
Re: leaf sights	tinker	22/01/10 03:56 PM
Re: leaf sights	Birdhunter50	21/01/10 11:39 AM

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