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High Standard H-D Rear Sight
dfletcher
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I just bought a High Standard H-D with an adjustable rear sight. Not really sure how to adjust it and the closest I can get on line is old posts that read "don't try to adjust the rear sight, you'll strip the screws and ruin the gun".
Any advice, and is the rear sight height adjustable or windage only?
Any advice, and is the rear sight height adjustable or windage only?
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Here is a link to the instruction card posted on my website that came with these guns describing how it is supposed to be done. Done properly you do not "ruin your gun" People with delusions of competency are the ones who ruin their guns.
http://www.histandard.info/manuals/letpistols/1121D200R.pdf
Thank you John. Over the years I had lost memory of the screw under the slide. I used to shoot my HD in indoor competition. It seemed to hang better for slow fire.
It is also helpful to make a lever with a slot filed in it to adjust the sight for elevation. An old key works well - brass will not mar the blued surface.
When you properly loosen the screws, no force is needed to move the blade. You don't need the lever.
All Model H-D Military models came with the same rear sight which is adjustable for windage and elevation. It is a bit cumbersome compared to more modern High Standard designs and most target sho0ters at the time had the sights changed to Micro sights. Micro had a booth at Camp Perry.
Here is a link to the instruction card posted on my website that came with these guns describing how it is supposed to be done. Done properly you do not "ruin your gun" People with delusions of competency are the ones who ruin their guns.
http://www.histandard.info/manuals/letpistols/1121D200R.pdf
Thank you John. Your help is appreciated. That screw on the underside of the slide is a tough one to spot at first - glad I gave the gun a good cleaning.
I note the left side (as viewed when sighting) of the sight has a thin pin vertically with one end secured into the sight blade base. The other end protrudes just a bit above the top of the wing. Is this correct positioning or should the uppermost end of the pin sit below the top of the wing?
Thank you John. Your help is appreciated. That screw on the underside of the slide is a tough one to spot at first - glad I gave the gun a good cleaning.
I note the left side (as viewed when sighting) of the sight has a thin pin vertically with one end secured into the sight blade base. The other end protrudes just a bit above the top of the wing. Is this correct positioning or should the uppermost end of the pin sit below the top of the wing?
I wouldn't be pushing your luck, with the pin. They are quite fragile, and I have seem more than one battered. Because folks don't realize the screw in the back of the slide has to be backed out. And the hinge mechanism, has to be flushed with solvent to loosen it up. So the elevation can be adjusted. Without pounding on it with a steel punch.
All the pin does is to serve as a index point, when adjusting the elevation leaf. The screw in back actually locks the leaf in position.
As John noted, the rear sight was such a pain. Many shooters in the 50's, replaced it with Micros.
I did a run through on windage, pretty straightforward and I left the sight centered. I've left the elevation alone for now. We'll she how she shoots first.
The ones I've had, all shot high. Set up for 6:00 hold on bull. Not my preferred hold. Always wound up with the rear sight. As far down as it could go.
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I did a run through on windage, pretty straightforward and I left the sight centered. I've left the elevation alone for now. We'll she how she shoots first.
The ones I've had, all shot high. Set up for 6:00 hold on bull. Not my preferred hold. Always wound up with the rear sight. As far down as it could go.
Good to know. I like 6 o'clock hold and that would work out well.