Posted: 7/5/2007 9:06:16 AM EDT
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i have a springfield TRP with low profile adjustable rear sights...i have 2 problems: 1) the 2 pins in the sight (see picture) keep slowly working their way out durring shooting..at first it was like 200 rounds and they came out a little...now 50 rounds and they are like 1/4 the way out...any of you guys have sights like these? do you have the same problem? are thier any quick fixes? http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/Heineken420/fghedftgh.jpg 2) im a little upset with springfield...when i first got the gun mags were getting stuck in the gun and the mag release was very sticky...i took it apart and found a glop of the finish that had got into the parts..i cleaned it and now its fine...i just think for a 1400 dollar gun they should have better quality control...anyway the other thing that made it past quality controll is the rear sight is way off center in the cutout notch (see picture)...now i have to crank the sight way to the right to sight it in...it looks crooked as hell and again im anal about my 1400 doller gun...my question is can i carfully tap over the whole sight asembly to center it...or is there a pin or a screw that holds it in place the i need to disasemble the sight to get to? http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/Heineken420/ertertwertwert.jpg I know i could send it back to springfield to have them fix the sight for free but i dont want to have to mess with shipping and all that bs... |
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Both are fairly easy fixes, but you are right -- they are QC probs. If I were you, I'd send the slide back to the factory (no FFL issues that way) with a very nice, polite letter, and ask them if they could please fix it. They will. (It's when they get the "You idiots" letters that they balk.) If you want to fix these things yourself: You should be able to drift the sight assembly in its dovetail, by clamping the slide in a vise padded with something to avoid metal on metal contact. (I have used leather scraps, and scraps cut from a manila file folder.) Drift the sight with a punch -- largest head you have -- padded with a cleaning patch. I don't know if there is a screw holding the sight in the dovetail. If there is, you will find it under the top adjustable part. Back out the elevation adjustment screw all the way, and rotate the top blade on its forward hinge. Do this on a towel, so you don't lose any tiny springs. For the pins, you can "stake" them. Use a small-headed punch to slightly dimple or mar the edge of the hole they pass through, so that the pin can't get out. All that said, that's a lot of your time wasted. Your blood pressure would be lower if you just sent the slide back to the factory. |
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If the rear sight is a bomar or copy (sure looks like one). the elevation adjustment screw is into the slide. You thread the slide for elevation adjustment. You can't drift the rear sight at all. I'd send it back to SA. Edit looks like you have a 50/50 of beeing able to adjust the dovetail. "BMCS - Sits very low on the slide, installation requires machining, drilling and tapping of slide. (6-48 tpi). On low-mount or "melded" installations, use .210" high front. BMCS-2 - Elevation screw is fully self-contained within the dovetail, does not require drilling and tapping of slide; machining is required." |
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well i just got done working on it... first i took out the elevation screw and fliped up the top part of the sight...under it was a screw that holds it in the dove tail...i loosened that then tapped the sight over until it was centered...then a little lock tight and put the screw back in very snug..it should hold just fine, and now at least the sight asembly is centered and looks way better. then i used a punch and tapped in the front of the asembly that the top of the sight hinges on..this is the pin that kept walking out...i taped the center of it on a piece of wood to put a slight bow in it so it would have more tension... the only wierd part was after i punched it out ther was a littel metal shaving in the whole..i thought it was just a little shaving from when the hole got drilled..i used a puch to puch it out...when i looked closely it almost looked like a spring or something but it could have been the way the metel was twisted from drilling, and it felt like it was still connected to the interior of the hole. ...when i put the pin back i used lock tight as well...everythin is back together , it looks perfect and is centered and everything funcions properly...now tomorrow i will sight it in and hopfully no pins walk out..i cant remeber if the pin in the rear walked out as well..i will see, if it does i will do as i did to the front pin, i dont have a puch small enough but i will figure something out... |