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Posted: 1/28/2014 12:07:50 PM EDT
| Is it possible to remove the thumb nuts on a carry handle sight without damaging the threads? Or are they supposed to come off anyway? |
| I usually do this to use smaller nuts on the sights. I turn the giant nut off, cut the threads back, dress the end of the threads for the new nut and blue them with cold blue. Then I use a black nylon lock nut on the shorter threads. Doesn't get hung on things anymore and looks much better. I buy the lock nuts in a package of 8 at a time. Send me a PM if you need a couple. |
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You can remove the staked portion of the threads and turn the thumbscrews off. I don't know why you would want to but it can be done. I bought a well-used carry handle off the EE to chop, and I was going to remove the thumb screw when I repainted it. The thumb screw on the portion that I cut off came off the threads easily. A previous user must have threaded it all the way off. |
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