M1 Garand Front sight adjustment?

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Haha, today is my thread day it seems!

Anyway, Ive got a Garand but its shooting low and I was wondering how one goes about lowering the front sight? (it looks as though someone has replaced the front sight. this one looks quite new) I don't want to take too much off and end up having to buy another one. Any ideas?

thanks!
 
summerside sniper said:
In my very newb experience with my M1 Garand, your not supposed to move the front sight. Any sight changes should be done by both dial wheels at the aft sight.
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Yeah, its pretty fixed in its possision. I mean vertically as when the rear sight is set to 100yards and I shoot at 100yards its Way low making me suspect that the front blade is way to high.
 
Loosen the left rear sight screw and you can adjust the elevation drum to match the range you are shooting at. Nothing needs to be done to the front sight.
I don't rely on the elevation graduation knob for target shooting, I count clics up from bottom. Much more precise.
 
Garand Front Sight

There is considerable variation in the height of the front sights.Yours is a better problem than having one which shoots too high after running out of adjustment on the rear sight.If you need to elevate the rear sight to a point where it projects too high above the rear sight base,you can dress down the front sight blade with a file,a bit at a time and keeping the top square,and keep checking until it is OK on target.Incidentally you can adjust the front sight for windage if you need to make an unusual amount of windage adjustment on the rear sight to achieve a center zero.Just loosen the allen head screw for the front sight and move the front sight laterally to a point where it does not run over the edge of the front sight base.I have a selection of front sights on hand,incl some pretty short ones, which would fix your problem-and I'm always looking for high ones.If you want to swap one,remove your front sight and mike the height from the bottom surface to the top of the blade and let me know what it is.
 
Something to be aware of for Garands that have been rebarreled and thats is most of them. (This doesn't relate to elevation but only to windage). I have found on a couple of my Garands that the barrel isnt indexed 100%. That causes the gas cylinder to be a few degrees off center which obviuosly causes the front sight to be off with it. 2-3 degrees makes a difference when adjusting for windage. i just slid the front sight over to compensate but it looks a little crappy to me not having the sight cantered on the cylinder. Looks even worse if you have a narrow base gas cylinder. Please dont bubba your front sight, its just wrong.
 
WW2GURU said:
Please dont bubba your front sight, its just wrong.
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haha, Ill try not to, though it doesn't look as though its the original sight anyway. It looks much newer then the rest of the rifle.

Anyway, from the base of the sight to the top of the blade its 23/32
 
Garand Barrel Indexing

If a barrel is off index 2-3 degrees this will cause the op rod to bind or wear in the gas cylinder in addition to having the sights out of plumb.There is really no reason for this to occur and this can be easily corrected by re-indexing the barrel until it is plumb..When rebarreling I check for correct indexing by using parallel aluminum angle stock in the Badger Ordnance fixtures on receiver and front sight base,and then cross check the alignment with an angle finder on the 2 flat surfaces.This is probably over-kill as you can pretty much eyeball the situation and still get closer than 2-3 degrees.When re-barreling or changing sights on the M1 I like to start with a mechanical zero which has the rear sight centered on the index lines on the receiver and the front sight in the center of the base.Windage is often quite close to the mechanical zero when zeroing at the range,but the elevation will require a bit more adjustment.Incidentally the wide base gas cylinder was introduced to allow for more lateral adjustment of the front sight than was possible with the earlier narrow base gas cylinder.It is desirable to achieve zero for windage by moving the front sight first and saving windage adjustments in the rear sight for further refinement.When checking the front sight height from the bottom of the base to the top of the blade,the caliper will normally indicate a height in the range of .723-.728.
 
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