Cannot adjust Garand rear windage

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I am at a total loss.

Any help from you CGNers would be appreciated.

I have tried EVERYTHING. I have a national match rear sight on my new Garand and I cannot turn the rear sight to correct for windage. The elevation knob on the left turns just fine. The windage on the right side will not budge one mm. I have loosened the screw on the rear sight all the way out. No luck.

The inner flathead screw on the right side will adjust height, but the outer windage knob will not budge no matter what I do.

This may be a stupid question but I could use any help I could get.

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windage adjustment is done with the knob on the right side[op rod] the screw in the middle of the left side elevation knob is for tension adjustment of the windage knob.if you have the tension screw too tight you may find windage knob difficult to turn.
 
I had this same problem recently when I reinstalled my rear sight after taking it off; when I tried to adjust windage it would "click" but just move slightly to one side and then jump back to where it started. I dissasembled the whole rear sight and reinstalled it and suddenly it worked. I don't know what I did differently the second time, it all seemed the same to me. Maybe dissasembling and reassembling the rear sight will work for you as well.
 
"...dissasembled the whole rear sight and reinstalled it and suddenly it worked...." Yep. It's not difficult to assemble it incorrectly. Those NM threads, etc are tiny. Mind you, it's not the screw that does the adjusting. The screw just acts as a lock for the knobs.
 
smakdaddy:

Yes loosening the right (windage pinion) screw tends to release a bit of tension on said windage adjusting knob.

And yes, pushing on the elevation (pinion) screw to the inside reduces the tension on the windage screw, making it easier to turn and adjust windage.

Warning to you Norinco-Stinko M14 owners... don't try this with your Xhinese shop class made rear sight assy's for fear of stripping them, and NOW you have to buy some M1 Garand rear sight elev and windage knobs. :evil: The last thing you need is to (out of curiosity) experiment with your rear sights only to find out that the metal is as soft as dog shzt and then strip the thread, and now you've got a problem. Yes sireee bob, you have to replace the knobs since they are effectively NFG (no good). Or you can leave them stripped and merely scope the rifle , but you might lose sleep knowing that the rear sights are a POS. Hey, you got a great forged receiver for $ 400 !! Be happy. Everything else that came on that receiver is a bonus !! Life is good.
 
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Hungry said:
smakdaddy:

Yes loosening the right (windage pinion) screw tends to release a bit of tension on said windage adjusting knob.

And yes, pushing on the elevation (pinion) screw to the inside reduces the tension on the windage screw, making it easier to turn and adjust windage.

Warning to you Norinco-Stinko M14 owners... don't try this with your Xhinese shop class made rear sight assy's for fear of stripping them, and NOW you have to buy some M1 Garand rear sight elev and windage knobs. :evil: The last thing you need is to (out of curiosity) experiment with your rear sights only to find out that the metal is as soft as dog shzt and then strip the thread, and now you've got a problem. Yes sireee bob, you have to replace the knobs since they are effectively NFG (no good). Or you can leave them stripped and merely scope the rifle , but you might lose sleep knowing that the rear sights are a POS. Hey, you got a great forged receiver for $ 400 !! Be happy. Everything else that came on that receiver is a bonus !! Life is good.
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It's talk like this, and Grizzlypeg's post below, that have me on the verge of ordering a 2nd m14. But I really, really can't afford to right now, and having just ordered one m14 and a S&W 536 recently, my wife is expecting her SLR that I've managed to put off until next year because we don't have the cash. She just doesn't realize what a crucial point this is... :runaway:
I can't believe I actually agonized for a couple hours over whether to risk her wrath over buying the first one. Might be time for some covert action with the help of a friend... :ninja:
 
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