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mikeg81

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Hey all,

I'm looking for a couple of tools.

A sight adjustment tool(for M16/C7 iron sights), and the tool used for stripping the hammer and trigger out of the lower(yes, I normally use anything tha will work, but I would like to have the proper one).

Where might I find these?

mikeg81
 
mikeg81 said:
Hey all,

I'm looking for a couple of tools.

A sight adjustment tool(for M16/C7 iron sights), and the tool used for stripping the hammer and trigger out of the lower(yes, I normally use anything tha will work, but I would like to have the proper one).

Where might I find these?

mikeg81
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I know you say you want the right tools, but the front sight post is designed to be adjusted with the tip of a bullet. I have 3 different front sight adjustment tools, none of which work in every AR I've seen. The bullet ALWAYS works.

To get the trigger pins out, use a brass punch, Princess Auto should be able to sort you out.
 
dangertree said:
I know you say you want the right tools, but the front sight post is designed to be adjusted with the tip of a bullet. I have 3 different front sight adjustment tools, none of which work in every AR I've seen. The bullet ALWAYS works.

To get the trigger pins out, use a brass punch, Princess Auto should be able to sort you out.
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I have an aversion to using ammo as a tool. Once its adjusted I leave the sights alone. Its more for removal/and cleaning.
 
"...aversion to using ammo as a tool..." Ammo works. The M1 rifle was designed to be field stripped using nothing but a cartridge. Military ball though. Hunting ammo isn't designed to be used as a tool. Gunparts lists sight tools for the AR under 'Colt AR-15 Accessories'. They're sold out of front sight wrenches though. The rear sight tool is just a flat hunk of steel with 'Colt' stamped on it. $6.25 US each.
"...will sell their armourer tools to civilians..." No. They can't sell anything to civilians.
 
I'll describe what I am looking for.

Its a cylindrical, hollow piece of metal. Same diameter as the front post base, where the 4 notches are. At one end of the tool, there are 4 pins to remove/adj the sight. The other end has a pin to help rotate the rear sight.

I appreciate that an M1 was designed to use ammo to work on it.
Call me stubborn, or whetever, I don't use ammo as a tool, mil-spec or not.

Not being an ass, just making a point.
 
I don't know why you'd want to remove the front sight for cleaning, but it's your rifle.

Marstar has the front sight tool listed on their site.
 
recce said:
I don't know why you'd want to remove the front sight for cleaning, but it's your rifle.
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+1


There are 5 pin and four pin front sight tool (M16A1 versus M16A2/C7/M4 etc)


Taking out the front sight to clean it is retarded, if you want it clean - really hot water, then rub it with a CLP toothbrush if this is from some deluded moron's idea of a clean weapon for inspection.
 
mikeg81 said:
Ever done an Army leadership course?
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Your DS has too much time on their hands if you're pulling out your front sight to clean it. Either that or they're unclear as to what their role really is, so they're just investing their time and effort into making you miserable.

Remember how frustrating the experience is so that when you end up as an instructor on a leadership course, you will instead invest your effort into putting the necessary stress on the candidates in a fashion that doesn't smell like the southern end of a northbound chicken.
 
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