SKS Front Sight Tool Problem

[matt4792]

Recently, I bought a sight adjustment tool similar to this one:

I can adjust the elevation no problem, but when I go to adjust the windage, I can't seem to figure it out. The pin will move to the left just fine, but not to the right. From what I can tell, when I go to adjust to the right, the tool doesn't line up correctly, and so rather than sliding through the hole, the pin catches.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong here. Hopefully I was clear in my description. I'll try and get some pictures up to better show the problem.

 

[Sly Old Fox]

Recently, I bought a sight adjustment tool similar to this one:

I can adjust the elevation no problem, but when I go to adjust the windage, I can't seem to figure it out. The pin will move to the left just fine, but not to the right. From what I can tell, when I go to adjust to the right, the tool doesn't line up correctly, and so rather than sliding through the hole, the pin catches.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong here. Hopefully I was clear in my description. I'll try and get some pictures up to better show the problem.

Well, I paid $10 for such a tool plus $10 for mail and handling, and it is a piece of crap. The supplier at this point shall be nameless. I have a '51 Tula and a '53 and the tool does not adequately push the X pin with the front sight because the other side of the tool stops the pin from moving. I have ground my tool to try and adapt it to function but it is border line. You must ensude that the end of the pin X pin on the side that you want to move the sight is not stopping it, the X pin should be seen clear of nthe hole in the tool opposite the driving bolt.

The supplier has a paid advert at the top of this page and is on the west coast.

Caveat Emptor!

Good luck.

 

[supernova]

flip the c-clamp to the other side of the FSB. Ive got a leapers tool that does the same thing.

 

[LordEvilPepper]

drill the hole out a 1/16 larger and grind the chamfers. did that to mine and it works like a charm.

 

[plinker 777]

x2. I too had to grind/file a chamfer on the tool so it can fit under the sight hood. i did not have to drill the boss hole bigger though!?

 

[Aero_Plane]

mine hardly worked as well, That $10 tool is a piece of crap from all suppliers!!!

 

[DILLIGAF]

yup junk

Bent the handle then it broke...

Used a punch... Way faster...

 

[mckutzy]

I found when I had did the adjustment, I shot off a number of rounds first, that heated up the sight block enough for the pin to move.

 

[Stevo]

This is the tool you want:

 

[beezer333]

Mine worked fine once I used some WD-40 on the front sight and broke it free with a hammer and punch... It was pretty stuck in place to begin with

 

[mg4201]

I have the tapco and it works great

 

[Farmboy]

This is the one to get

The one Stevo pictured

 

[mg4201]

This is the one to get

The one Stevo pictured

will that one work for a mosin as well?

 

[hical.ca]

I have the tapco and it works great

Tapco are great tools, they are guaranteed for life. if you have the cheaper ones, Tighten BY HAND as much as you can, then tap the tool with a hammer to break loose the sight.

 

[emmab]

Those sights are staked in place(windage) and usually have to be punched to loosen them enough to use the tool

 

[Sly Old Fox]

drill the hole out a 1/16 larger and grind the chamfers. did that to mine and it works like a charm.

I did it after I read this post and hopefully, it will correct the problem.