theoctopus
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- Mar 30, 2009
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Hey all,
First off let me just say that this site has an immense wealth of information. It's pretty darn impressive.
I recently picked up a brand new Springfield M1A Standard from a local shop, and brought it home without really giving it the once over. I know SA is sometimes lacking on the QC side of things, but I trusted the shop owner to run through the rifle since I'm fairly inexperienced with the long gun thang. I started getting the rifle into firing shape today (cleaning out the gunk from the factory) and fiddled with the sights a bit.
The elevation knob works just as expected, but the windage knob is what has me a little perplexed. First, it barely wanted to budge at all at first. I finally got it moving, but it's still stubborn as all hell. Is that normal? I know I can probably adjust the screw in the middle of the knob and loosen up the play a little bit, but I'm worried that will affect the knob's performance. Second, for each "click" I have to rotate the windage knob a full rotation. I've used windage knobs on other firearms before, and they usually have individual clicks that require little rotation of the knob instead of requiring a full rotation for each click. When doing the full rotation, it moves the entire sight considerably in one direction before resting in the new adjusted lateral position (imagine it moving in one direction 4-5 mm before snapping back into the position set by the operation of the windage knob). Is that to be expected, or did I get a bum rear sight? Finally, it takes 3 full rotations (or clicks) to move the sight over one mark on the windage reference point scale. How does that work out mathematically? Does each reference point display 3 MOA and each windage rotation/click is 1 MOA?
Sorry if these questions are stupid. Please bear with me while I get used to the new firearm. I appreciate all the help!
First off let me just say that this site has an immense wealth of information. It's pretty darn impressive.
I recently picked up a brand new Springfield M1A Standard from a local shop, and brought it home without really giving it the once over. I know SA is sometimes lacking on the QC side of things, but I trusted the shop owner to run through the rifle since I'm fairly inexperienced with the long gun thang. I started getting the rifle into firing shape today (cleaning out the gunk from the factory) and fiddled with the sights a bit.
The elevation knob works just as expected, but the windage knob is what has me a little perplexed. First, it barely wanted to budge at all at first. I finally got it moving, but it's still stubborn as all hell. Is that normal? I know I can probably adjust the screw in the middle of the knob and loosen up the play a little bit, but I'm worried that will affect the knob's performance. Second, for each "click" I have to rotate the windage knob a full rotation. I've used windage knobs on other firearms before, and they usually have individual clicks that require little rotation of the knob instead of requiring a full rotation for each click. When doing the full rotation, it moves the entire sight considerably in one direction before resting in the new adjusted lateral position (imagine it moving in one direction 4-5 mm before snapping back into the position set by the operation of the windage knob). Is that to be expected, or did I get a bum rear sight? Finally, it takes 3 full rotations (or clicks) to move the sight over one mark on the windage reference point scale. How does that work out mathematically? Does each reference point display 3 MOA and each windage rotation/click is 1 MOA?
Sorry if these questions are stupid. Please bear with me while I get used to the new firearm. I appreciate all the help!