Rifleman700
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hows it going ? i was wondering if anyone knows how to adjust the iron sites on a mauser 98K mine hits low and to the right thx in advance
how do u adjust the front site on a mauser 98k?
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For the hitting low part, just adjust the rear sight elevation up to the next increment (200, 300, etc). Several of my Mausers are on the 200m increment to hit dead on at 100m. Since K98's were zeroed with 196gr ammo, your choice of ammo will effect the POA. You could also replace the front site blade but adjusting the rear sight is easier.
As far as the windage, the easiest way is to get an SKS sight adjustment tool. It will allow you to incrementally drift your front site to wherever it needs to go. I think Marstar has them. If it is shooting right, you will need to move the front sight to the right as well to correct it. The other less exact way is to use a small mallet, but be very gentle as it doesn't take much to move it.
As far as the windage, the easiest way is to get an SKS sight adjustment tool. It will allow you to incrementally drift your front site to wherever it needs to go. I think Marstar has them. If it is shooting right, you will need to move the front sight to the right as well to correct it. The other less exact way is to use a small mallet, but be very gentle as it doesn't take much to move it.
Rifleman700 said:
Extracted the relevant part from the German sectionhttp://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=15 of the Milsurp Knowledge Libraryhttp://www.milsurps.com site ..........
Sight Adjustments on the German K98k Rifle - Page 1 from period K98k rifle manualhttp://photos.imageevent.com/badgerdog/generalstorage/piclinks/sightpic1.jpg
Sight Adjustments on the German K98k Rifle - Page 2 from period K98k rifle manualhttp://photos.imageevent.com/badgerdog/generalstorage/piclinks/sightpic2.jpg
Sight Adjustments on the German K98k Rifle - Page 3 from period K98k rifle manualhttp://photos.imageevent.com/badgerdog/generalstorage/piclinks/sightpic3.jpg
Hope someone can translate the German for you.....
Regards,
Badger
Your rifle may also be hitting low with north american produced factory ammo. If you can, I would suggest either buying off shore production or handloading to higher velocities. That may take care of both problems, if not drift the front sight in the opposite direction of POI until it is hitting where you want. Elevation can be taken care of easily by adjusting the rear sight slide. bearhunter
