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Posted: 7/30/2016 6:22:11 PM EDT
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I couldn't find anything under front sight. Have a Polish folder with a front sight not centered. I could move the pin enough to get it sighted in but it is close to one of the ears and just does not point naturally. I know they are pressed on. Would a gunsmith be able to turn it a touch or is it pinned? Thanks
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Quoted: I couldn't find anything under front sight. Have a Polish folder with a front sight not centered. I could move the pin enough to get it sighted in but it is close to one of the ears and just does not point naturally. I know they are pressed on. Would a gunsmith be able to turn it a touch or is it pinned? Thanks <removed> You are in a Technical Forum, Not GD. We have stricter rules here and lame jokes will get you removed from this forum. dryflash3 SPECIFIC TO THE TECH FORUMS The tech forums (Ar15,AK47,Handgun,Armory,Training,Outdoors) are more "formal" and actions permitted in the GD forum aren't permitted there. These forums are there to share information and as a result, trolling, heated arguments,insulting others,etc won't be ignored. |
Basically drive out the two cross pins, move FSB to desired position, drill cross pin holes oversize and use new larger pins. In actual practice, it can be a pita (not the bread ), but worth every drop of blood spent.
When driving out pins, make sure, your rifle is well secured, so any force applied doesn't get dissipated and your pins don't budge at all. 
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Basically drive out the two cross pins, move FSB to desired position, drill cross pin holes oversize and use new larger pins. In actual practice, it can be a pita (not the bread ), but worth every drop of blood spent.
When driving out pins, make sure, your rifle is well secured, so any force applied doesn't get dissipated and your pins don't budge at all.
Yep. I will add that sometimes the front sight block is an extremely tight fit and you will also need to get a good solid grip on the rifle with a vise, and use something softer than the steel to smack it into the position you desire. |
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There are those among us who would secure rifle in a vise, perhaps even a barrel vise, and then smack the front sight base with a rubber mallet ( also known as the bouncy AK tool ) and see if that solves the problem. This rarely works and what it really translates into is that, if the FSB does move using this procedure, it had a poor press fit to begin with, and could move again if the rifle were ever dropped in a way that landed on the FSB If the FSB is correctly installed at the factory it will need to have the pins removed, block drifted, and then drill for oversize pins - usually 1/8" dowel pins are fine, and you can use a 1/8" undersized dowel pin reamer (NOT a .1250" reamer) to enlarge the hole. |
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Quoted: This rarely works and what it really translates into is that, if the FSB does move using this procedure, it had a poor press fit to begin with, and could move again if the rifle were ever dropped in a way that landed on the FSB If the FSB is correctly installed at the factory it will need to have the pins removed, block drifted, and then drill for oversize pins - usually 1/8" dowel pins are fine, and you can use a 1/8" undersized dowel pin reamer (NOT a .1250" reamer) to enlarge the hole. Quoted: Quoted: There are those among us who would secure rifle in a vise, perhaps even a barrel vise, and then smack the front sight base with a rubber mallet ( also known as the bouncy AK tool ) and see if that solves the problem. This rarely works and what it really translates into is that, if the FSB does move using this procedure, it had a poor press fit to begin with, and could move again if the rifle were ever dropped in a way that landed on the FSB If the FSB is correctly installed at the factory it will need to have the pins removed, block drifted, and then drill for oversize pins - usually 1/8" dowel pins are fine, and you can use a 1/8" undersized dowel pin reamer (NOT a .1250" reamer) to enlarge the hole. |
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An even easier solution {if they are around anymore} is to swap out the rear sight with an RPK rear sight which is windage adjustable. That's what I did with mine. I took up most of the necessary windage with the rear sight and that left me with the ability to more or less center the front sight between the ears. It was cheap, easy and didn't require any work that might result in unwanted damage to the rifle. |
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