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Re: Front sight moving

Post by JEBar » Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:57 pm

per Spock -- fascinating .. :D .. all I've ever used it on is screw/bolt threads
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by Shakey Jake » Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:56 pm

Here's the link to the site if you're interested in reading. Yeah, when I did it on my old 1600 I didn't think it would work but it did.
http://www.vulcangadgets.com/files/cc_tensioner.html
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by The Wiz » Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:45 pm

Well, I shot about 100 rounds thru the rifle and the sight stayed put. I sighted the rifle and there was no change from before. Yea!!!!
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by JEBar » Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:58 pm

The Wiz wrote:Well, I shot about 100 rounds thru the rifle and the sight stayed put. I sighted the rifle and there was no change from before. Yea!!!!
great to hear .... you need to get in a bunch more practice .... you need to get ready for Jacob ... :D
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by The Wiz » Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:41 pm

JEBar wrote:
The Wiz wrote:Well, I shot about 100 rounds thru the rifle and the sight stayed put. I sighted the rifle and there was no change from before. Yea!!!!
great to hear .... you need to get in a bunch more practice .... you need to get ready for Jacob ... :D
Not fair.....your teaching him!! Plus he's got young eyes and my knees have been acting up....give me some more time and I will come with more excuses to explain his kicking my rump. :D
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by JEBar » Thu Apr 05, 2018 11:32 pm

The Wiz wrote:Not fair.....your teaching him!! Plus he's got young eyes and my knees have been acting up....give me some more time and I will come with more excuses to explain his kicking my rump. :D

I'd sure appreciate you taking the heat off of me .. 8-)
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