Mounted a scope on my hw35 and decided I need to remove the front sight. Looked like an easy job, just loosen the retaining screw and slide it off, except with the screw loose it did not want to budge. I restrained myself from trying to tap it out until I checked here first with more knowledgeable folks. Is a bit of force the next step or not?
HW/Weihrauch HW35 Front Sight Removal
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The site will never focus inside the scope, you will never be able to see it as the parallax is beyond the end of the barrel. Anyway look to see if the site is dovetailed in the top of the mount, you may have to tap it out and there may be a set screw under the site. I don’t know if the HW 35 is made this way but some rifles are.
What marflow said. They are clamped on quite tight when new, and need some persuasion.
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I woukd leave it and still use the scope...first it looks better and you will never miss place it . I'm positive you will not see it in the scope if use the correct rings.
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Going off on a tangent, but this is another reason I love old Anschutz front sights on HW rifles. Besides the larger selection of metal inserts, and the many accessories made for its bigger 18mm sleeve, the sight's attachment screw moves a small sliding "foot," instead of flexing the sight body itself. No problems with binding etc., the sight easily tips off when the screw is loosened.
HW sight on the left, Anschutz on the right.
HW sight on the left, Anschutz on the right.
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Wish mine was . Takes all i can dream up to keep it in place lol..
Had it to this and last week it even gave up .
I guess tig weld next?
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Maybe just stick it in a vise and bend its jaws back inward a bit...VERY carefully, with that soft cast metal though.
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Stick a flathead screwdriver in the slot where the squeeze together and pry them apart. Easy peasy, don't hammer anything.
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My first two HW both had front sight rattle loose. One actually fell off. In the grass fortunately. Now I just throw on a small dab of Loctite and crank the screw tight when they get here. No issues since.Ya, i wish i had his issue instead of fighting it to stay put..
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That flat slotted screw lasted me maybe 2 days and it was replaced with a real bolt ( now and nut) so i could crank down on with a wrench .. + stickum in the dovetail + drops on each corner of the base + ...lol. i got drops of fingernail polish that if i see a crack in the hard enamel drop i know it's moving again as a indicator .
500$ gun + that great german engineering = sad
May not be purrty but it is what it is .
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Loosen the screw a couple of turns and tap it harder on the back side and alternately lightly on the front. Only knocking out hard from the back tilts the front of the sight down and it digs into the dovetail, making it hard to remove. Occasionally tapping it lightly on the front straightens the sight with the dovetail and allows it to slide off easier. A 2x4 wood block works nicely.
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Also the front sight will appear in the scope of you use a low magnification and a close parralax setting. Example 2 or 3x set at ten yards will show it. The sight will disappear at 7x up. Even when set at ten yards. That's regardless of rings used.
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Yeah, I put a fixed 4X on to shoot at 10 yds and the front sight appeared like a ghost image, not real distinct but visible. I tried the block of wood deal and it came right off. Thanks for the help.
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Sometimes at the factory they drive those front sights on and it isn't exactly lined up with the dovetail, it will gaul and mangle the points that fit in the dovetail on the bottom of the front site.
I had two like this and it makes them harder to get off, and really hard to get back on.
I had two like this and it makes them harder to get off, and really hard to get back on.
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