Last weekend was a chilly 40 something, but no rain or snow, so I took my SMLE, M27 in 91 stock, M48, and M95 to the range. The main focus was to wring out the sight situation on the M95. Ammo was the usual Romanian 8mm, Russian light ball, 60s and PPU .303, and 1938 8x56R. I also shot about 30 rounds of my Liberty Tree "grab bag" 8mm. It all fired, but about six were delayed fire.....pull trigger click--boom. Sort of weird. I also shot a small portion (about 15) of some lat 40s Turk 8mm I bought a bunch of. No problems there.
My M95 rifle is like all others - sighted for just under 300 yards. I shoot at a 90 yard range - obviously not going to work. If you look at the pic of my first outing with it you can see I figured out a sight picture...sort of. Imagining the target is mounted on the stand in the picture, my point of aim to get center of mass hits was about three inches up from the bottom of the stand's legs! Obviously a new sight was required. I quickly determined that tall M95 sight blades are, for all intents and purposes, impossible to find. Looking at my Mosins and Mausers, I noticed that their dove tails are not much different that the Steyr's. On a hunch, I bought two Mauser front sight blades from Numerich. Close but no cigar. it slid into the dove tail on the rifle, but fell out. After eyeballing it a while, I figured shimming it might work. Since I didn't have any shim stock available, I opted to cut up a 9mm case (I have thousands) and trim a piece that would fit. With some mild tapping with my smith's hammer, the sight slid into place.
Now my sight picture is collar bone high to get center of mass. Some astute filing is called for, as is some windage adjustment, to get it spot on. The fix is not permanent, so it doesn't hurt the rifle's value. The sight is not set as tight as the orininal, but it holds firm and didn't change point of impact after 40 rounds of punishing recoil.
I need to whiten the sights, and figure out what I need in the way of prescription shooting glasses so I can get a GOOD sight picture, and I should be able to tighten the groups.
Range time and M95 sight fix
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Range time and M95 sight fix
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SFC USA Ret.
1976-1998
Armor, Cavalry, Infantry, Recruiting, Transportation
1st Cav, 4 ID, 8 ID, 82d Airborne
1976-1998
Armor, Cavalry, Infantry, Recruiting, Transportation
1st Cav, 4 ID, 8 ID, 82d Airborne
Re: Range time and M95 sight fix
I had an m95 carbine and that thing was a BEAST with that Nazi marked 1938 ammo. Fun to put 5 rds through and put it away. Definitely a line stopper when you touch off a round.
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Re: Range time and M95 sight fix
Now, if someone could magically give it a decent trigger pull, like say an M27 or M28, and mount a good scope.......this would probably be one heck of a long range weapon!
SFC USA Ret.
1976-1998
Armor, Cavalry, Infantry, Recruiting, Transportation
1st Cav, 4 ID, 8 ID, 82d Airborne
1976-1998
Armor, Cavalry, Infantry, Recruiting, Transportation
1st Cav, 4 ID, 8 ID, 82d Airborne
Re: Range time and M95 sight fix
True story. Ugly trigger pull but I liked the straight pull bolt. It was definitely louder and gnarlier than my m44.
Re: Range time and M95 sight fix
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- berkmberk1
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Re: Range time and M95 sight fix
If the rifles are so lite, the carbines and stutzens must be a dream to carry...........and a b..ch to shoot! Gotta love 'em.
SFC USA Ret.
1976-1998
Armor, Cavalry, Infantry, Recruiting, Transportation
1st Cav, 4 ID, 8 ID, 82d Airborne
1976-1998
Armor, Cavalry, Infantry, Recruiting, Transportation
1st Cav, 4 ID, 8 ID, 82d Airborne
Re: Range time and M95 sight fix
Ill bet my carbine clocked in around 5 lbs. Less than my AR for sure. It was rough. I always left the range with a visually bruised shoulder.berkmberk1 wrote:If the rifles are so lite, the carbines and stutzens must be a dream to carry...........and a b..ch to shoot! Gotta love 'em.
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Re: Range time and M95 sight fix
Being on the receiving end must be like getting hit by a cement truck
SFC USA Ret.
1976-1998
Armor, Cavalry, Infantry, Recruiting, Transportation
1st Cav, 4 ID, 8 ID, 82d Airborne
1976-1998
Armor, Cavalry, Infantry, Recruiting, Transportation
1st Cav, 4 ID, 8 ID, 82d Airborne
Re: Range time and M95 sight fix
It is rough. It makes any Mosin ive shot feel like a pussycat including my m44. That 8x56r is loaded hot anyway.