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Posted: 1/26/2025 3:49:07 PM EDT
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Just picked up a '44 Inland and after giving it a thorough cleaning, I found that the windage knob is really hard to turn. It goes through stiff spots, then eases up and I get a click, then it goes stiff again. Cleaning and oiling didn't make a difference. I'm wondering if the threads under the sight that I cannot see are damaged. Any suggestions on how to easily diagnose/fix this? Any reason I shouldn't swap out that rear sight for a flip up? Picture from the place I bought it... Attached File |
LS swap the world.
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Goes and then gets stuck sounds like a bent threaded rod. No idea on parts on those sights. Garands are simple. I found a diagram that may help for starters. https://www.m14forum.com/threads/m1-carbine-rear-sight.197951/ Edit, yours is a stamped model sight base and one of the comments says there is another spring and ball bearing that the type Two milled in that illustration may not have. Watch the windage knob when you turn it. Does it appear the shaft may be bent and it “wobbles” instead “rolls” cleanly? A good chance it took a blow to the knob sometime in its life. They weren’t supposed to be user serviceable or even armory serviceable. The armorer would swap out a whole sight. That said it looks like you need a special two pronged screw driver to disassemble one. A dremmel tool and a junk flat blade screw driver and you could make a tool. |
The only hyphenated names I like are cartridge names......30-06, 30-40, 38-55 etc.
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There's a chance it could have been "staked" to keep it from moving to easy. I wouldn't go to a flip sight, since odds are that's staked in the channel for the replacement adjustable rear sight. IIRR you can replace the worn parts with out removing the entire sight. Ask here http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/forum/forums.html?SID=3799-e4a662cd75ea8467cecf6405324074 |
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Replace it, or ignore it. I have two Carbine, Cal .30, M1 and the sights have not needed any adjustment. I wouldn't want to mess with staking a replacement sight, and possibly creating a bigger and more expensive issue. Some Technical Manuals state; The rear sights of a M1 Carbine are permanently assembled and not to be disassembled beyond the arsenal level. |
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Originally Posted By johnny_dot_exe: The way it feels, I'm betting that threaded shaft is bent. I'll see what it can do at the range once it warms up out there, but I'm leaning towards ignoring it if it's not an actual problem. Good idea, once you get it zeroed you'll never need to move it |
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