SMLE rear sight sight dissassembly HOW?

[shortandlong]

I thought about asking the local smith about this but i fig Jason is busy enough ( why bother him when i can bother you guys haha)

Ok the reason why .......the SMLE i am restoring ( i am having alot of fun doing this BTW) is all numbers matching now I discovered that the sight is also serial numbered but some one took a file to it and the the actual sight (not the elevation indicator need to be removed the windage adjusment ? it held on with a cross pin and it don' come easy.

thanks for the help

 

[recce]

After 1916 when the Mk III* was introduced the rear sight windage was pinned and eventually eliminated for production reasons during the war.

If yours is pinned it would be original for the period and I would just leave it as is.

 

[shortandlong]

Thanks recce but someone has filed the V notch bigger for quick acquisition either in service or as a "meat gun" I have another pinned sight but i want to switch out the parts to retain the orig rifle
serial number on the sight

 

[recce]

Ahh, Ok I misunderstood the original post.

 

[shortandlong]

no worries any suggestions?

 

[recce]

No, sorry. I've never taken one apart.

 

[Gibbs505]

Get a taller front sight?