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Carlsen Highway

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Gentlemen,
I have a Norinco M14. It shoots and operates well. I have taken it to the range and fired a five shot three inch group at 100 metres with the cheapest ammo there is, and the peep sight. I have some reloads to try with a scope and mount I have, for its actual accuracy, but plainly there is nothing wrong with her.
I have burnt myself on my first semi-auto casing (Second degree. It got trapped between my arm and the bench rest and I was sitting there thinking, that can't be as hot as it feels...it was.)
The sights are a real pleasure.
It has a fibreglas stock on it, but I have a walnut one coming from the US, just...because I like walnut.

I have spent an evening with a file and turned my five shot magazines into seven shot magazines, so I can at least hold my own against a Garand if I put one up the spout.

I can't find fault with it except that the rear sight screw seems to come loose very easily, it seems to just unwind itself somehow. I tighten it up once I have the sight where I want it and later it is loose again.
I don't really know how all the parts in the rear sight work, but is this some kind of fault that can be corrected if I got adventurous and decided to dissasemble it? Or is it just something that you live with? Is there a danger its going to unwind and spontaneously reduce itself to its component parts?

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A lot of the Chinese rear sights are junk try and get a set off a M1 Garand ...spcamno on here sells them .
You can try disassembling your sights ,greasing them and reinstalling them.

To remove sights follow these steps:

First adjust windage all the way to the left as far as it will go.
Next, undo the windage lock sleeve with flat blade screw driver, turn until loose, do not try and remove, collar is held in with a retaining clip.
Next, with collar loose, undo the windage knob and remove the knob.
Remove elevation pinion by pulling out of sight base
Remove aperture
Insert flat blade screw driver into aperture area under sight cover and gently pry up until it springs loose.
Done.

Installation,
Clean and regrease all parts
Install sight base and rear cover together
Dab of grease to receiver at sight location recess
Use flat blade screw driver under back of sight base on bottom lip of sight cover and push firmly, sight cover should snap into place
Next, install aperture
Next install elevation pinion, ensuring it is completely in and meshed with aperture.
Slide sight base to the left side
Install windage knob and hold with your thumb, turn the lock collar only in a reverse direction until you feel it sink in a bit it has now engaged the pinion shaft correctly
Next turn the collar with screw driver forward until it comes just snug
Then turn windage knob to engage with sight base
Adjust lock collar as needed to tighten or loosen the sight knobs
 
A magazine designed for the M14/M305/M1A or any other semi-auto centerfire rifle (except the Garand) NEEDS to be limited to 5rds.

I would suggest you buy a pop riveter and reduce the capacity back to 5.
 
Sorry, fellas, I didn't mention that I am in New Zealand. I'll put that in my details. Seven rounds in a semi-auto magazine is legal here.

Chalkriver, thanks very much for the instructions on taking the sight apart.

Does anyone know why it would be unscrewing like that though? Its almost like there's a spring tension making it unwind. I suppose I should take it apart and have a look. I would like to get them working properly because a replacement Garand sight might be hard to come by down here, so I hope it's not junk.

Do you know if there is any kind of Canadian restriction against spcamno selling one of his Garand sights to someone in NZ? I had a Canadian girlfriend once, that has to count for something...
 
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Basically the sights are sheit to begin with.
One of the most common problems.

Welcome one board....my boss keeps teasing me with kiwi stories of massive rabbit hunts at easter time. Yet he didn't take me along last time he went home to NZ, what a guy.
 
Carlsen Highway said:
Sorry, fellas, I didn't mention that I am in New Zealand. I'll put that in my details. Seven rounds in a semi-auto magazine is legal here.

Chalkriver, thanks very much for the instructions on taking the sight apart.

Does anyone know why it would be unscrewing like that though? Its almost like there's a spring tension making it unwind. I suppose I should take it apart and have a look. I would like to get them working properly because a replacement Garand sight might be hard to come by down here, so I hope it's not junk.

Do you know if there is any kind of Canadian restriction against spcamno selling one of his Garand sights to someone in NZ? I had a Canadian girlfriend once, that has to count for something...
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I doubt you would have issues, unless NZ Customs forbids it. There is also eBay. I installed Garand sights on my shorty I got from there. Came from Italy if memory serves.

Guys in NZ are also running parts from M14.ca.....at least from what I have read on CGN anyway.
 
Carlsen Highway said:
Sorry, fellas, I didn't mention that I am in New Zealand. I'll put that in my details. Seven rounds in a semi-auto magazine is legal here.

Chalkriver, thanks very much for the instructions on taking the sight apart.

Does anyone know why it would be unscrewing like that though? Its almost like there's a spring tension making it unwind. I suppose I should take it apart and have a look. I would like to get them working properly because a replacement Garand sight might be hard to come by down here, so I hope it's not junk.

Do you know if there is any kind of Canadian restriction against spcamno selling one of his Garand sights to someone in NZ? I had a Canadian girlfriend once, that has to count for something...
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Well that's good to know, I assumed you were in Canada. CGN has a lot of interest from the anti crowd lately. Got to keep everything on the up and up.

As far as I know, the only restriction might be on your end for importing. I don't believe there is any restriction on Canadians exporting legal parts.
 
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