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Replacement Rear Sight Fine Adjustment Plate
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August 17, 2024 - 7:27 pm
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I’m working on restoring a 1951 ’94 and need a new plate for the rear sight fine adjustment.  Anyone know where I can find one?

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I’m working on restoring a 1951 ’94 and need a new plate for the rear sight fine adjustment.  Anyone know where I can find one?

  

Are you just looking for the rear sight elevator?

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deerhunter said

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I’m working on restoring a 1951 ’94 and need a new plate for the rear sight fine adjustment.  Anyone know where I can find one?

  

Are you just looking for the rear sight elevator?

  

No. This is the little metal plate that goes into the rear sight and is held in with a tiny screw to allow for fine adjustments.

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he’s looking for the plate that is dovetailed in the sight and held with the screw for fine adjustments.

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In the past I made them by finding a sheet of metal just the right thickness or slightly thicker and then sanding it to the right thickness and then filing the bevels to it.

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1873man said
In the past I made them by finding a sheet of metal just the right thickness or slightly thicker and then sanding it to the right thickness and then filing the bevels to it.

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Yeah, I thought of that as a last resort.  Hoping to find some though.  Just in case what thickness metal did you use?

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It depends on how much they buffed off the sight face when it was made. Take a feeler gauge set and measure what thickness you need.

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