Greetings all.
As a newer shooter and very new M1A owner, I look forward to benefiting from your collective knowledge. Thanks especially to those here who are active or retired service members who to keep us safe.
I have an uncle who recently started transferring some of his firearms to me to avoid any challenges associated with waiting for his estate to release things to me once he passes, let alone getting things from Oregon to Vermont. The first was a 1994 M1A standard with the marine camo stock - very close to what he carried while a paratrooper in Korea.
When I took it to the range for the first time to begin zeroing, I was barely able to turn the windage knob. Additionally, the rear sight base stopped advancing past a few clicks from mechanical center. I took it to a local shop and they helped me break down and lube the sight and reassemble, to no avail. They are national match sights with the hooded aperture.
I am thinking either the windage or elevation knobs contain the mechanism that advances the sight base one way or another. I've spoken to Springfield and they asked me to send the entire action to them. My uncle said not to, as a number of years ago he sent the rifle to them and they stripped out all of the aftermarket parts and replaced with stock. Instead he said to just send the sight.
So, based on the situation:
1. Any ideas what might be going on with the sights and what I need to replace?
2. Anyone else have thoughts about sending the whole action/rifle to Springfield vs. just the sights?
3. I'd be very interested if anyone knows of a high quality gunsmith/armorer in the northern Vermont area.
Thanks for your help.
As a newer shooter and very new M1A owner, I look forward to benefiting from your collective knowledge. Thanks especially to those here who are active or retired service members who to keep us safe.
I have an uncle who recently started transferring some of his firearms to me to avoid any challenges associated with waiting for his estate to release things to me once he passes, let alone getting things from Oregon to Vermont. The first was a 1994 M1A standard with the marine camo stock - very close to what he carried while a paratrooper in Korea.
When I took it to the range for the first time to begin zeroing, I was barely able to turn the windage knob. Additionally, the rear sight base stopped advancing past a few clicks from mechanical center. I took it to a local shop and they helped me break down and lube the sight and reassemble, to no avail. They are national match sights with the hooded aperture.
I am thinking either the windage or elevation knobs contain the mechanism that advances the sight base one way or another. I've spoken to Springfield and they asked me to send the entire action to them. My uncle said not to, as a number of years ago he sent the rifle to them and they stripped out all of the aftermarket parts and replaced with stock. Instead he said to just send the sight.
So, based on the situation:
1. Any ideas what might be going on with the sights and what I need to replace?
2. Anyone else have thoughts about sending the whole action/rifle to Springfield vs. just the sights?
3. I'd be very interested if anyone knows of a high quality gunsmith/armorer in the northern Vermont area.
Thanks for your help.