clarence said

John D. said

Quoting myself – as I got an answer to the windage adjustment question.  According to my recently acquired “Old Gunsights” book, Lyman instructions are to whack the peep with a mallet to adjust windage.  🙂

Aggravating to do with a conventional rear sight in a brl slot; doing it on that thin, flexible, arm that supports the aperture…good luck!  Guess you could brace it with a wooden block under the arm, but I’d make damn sure first it really needed to be moved.

  

Clarence – turns out it wasn’t a huge deal moving the peep.  It did need to be moved right just a hair, and some gentle but firm taps with a aluminum drift got it moved to a good spot without any aggravation.

I know it has been over a couple of months – Bob Knapp seems to take his time – but I wanted to circle back on this. He did a nice job installing the missing bits and making the patina look original to the gun. I had stripped the rifle completely for a couple of reasons:

1) There was so much baked on crud that it really needed to be taken down to the pins and thoroughly cleaned/detailed.

2) it made a smaller and lighter package, to save on shipping ($19 insured, if you’re wondering).

It arrived Tuesday afternoon, and I had it reassembled and at the range shortly thereafter. The action is slicker than crap through a goose, and I was able to his an 8″ steel plate 4ot of 5 times, off-hand, at 100 yards.  The more I look at and handle this well-worn carbine, the happier I am with it. I know that the camp here was split on whether the sling ring should be re-installed, but I decided to have it done and am very pleased with how it came out.