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So I can't for the life of me move the sight adjustment on my Enfield...it's like it is stuck for life. On the left side is a circular knob with a slot for a flathead and the right has a little spinning spike wheel that is stuck too. I'd figure I should consult the forums before taking a screwdriver to the finish.
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screw it literally.... you can touch up the bluing if you want to....
or you can consider one of the many answer that will fall about. Are you planning to own this rifle till the end 0of your day like me with my M44? if not follow their words than me.......01100010 01101111 01101111 01101101 00100000 01101000 01100101 01100001 01100100 01110011 01101000 01101111 01110100 00100001 -
I just finished refinishing it actually so yea touch up re-bluing wouldn't bother me. I thought I was looking at the mechanism incorrectly. To have a soldier on the field bust out a screwdriver to adjust his Enfield sight just didn't seem right to me.Comment
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Are you talking about the elevation or windage adjustment?
The slot for a screwdriver is on the screw which I think takes the mechanism apart.
Flip the sight over and spray the bottom of the adjustment with a large amount of gun scrubber. Then WD40. Try loosening it then.
Also keep in mind: Sometime during WW1 they began making the sight non-adjustable for windage. There may have been a transition period prior to simplifying the design where they simply pinned them in place without removing the adjustment mechanism?
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The sights that are adjustable for windage have an obvious knob on one side of the sight which is turned to move it left or right. Some with adjusting knobs are pinned to stop squaddies from fiddling with the windage. The rear sights with a screw to one side are non adjustable for windage. The screw is holding the rear portion of the sight to the rest of the sight assembly. To elevate the sight depress the plunger and slide the elevator along the leaf. The serrated knob is the fine adjustment for the sight to get elevation between the main yard increments.Last edited by smle-man; 05-05-2009, 4:39 PM.Comment
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Got it, thanks! I thought the "plunger" was a screw since it looks like it and has the flathead slot. Pushed it in and finally got it to slide
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