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TM 9-280 1944 Caliber .22 Rifles, All Types - US Army Combined ...

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DESCRIPTION AND FUNCTIONING<br />

BOLT,<br />

REAR SIGHT KNOB, REAR SIGHT<br />

LOCK LOCK BOLT<br />

ASE, REAR SIGHT<br />

<strong>TM</strong> 9-<strong>280</strong><br />

10<br />

Figure 31 - Rear Sight Base Mounted on U.S. Rifle, Cal.<strong>.22</strong>, M2<br />

elevating screw. The bolt is slotted at the left end to hold the flat<br />

rear sight lock bolt spring which is attached at the bottom of the base<br />

with a screw. The left side of the grooved portion of the bolt is<br />

threaded to correspond with the threads of the elevating screw. These<br />

threads are held in tension against the elevating screw by the spring<br />

permitting the elevating screw to be turned up or down in the threads.<br />

The rear sight lock bolt knob screws on the right side of the rear sight<br />

lock bolt and is held by the rear sight lock bolt knob set screw. This<br />

permits the rear sight lock bolt knob to be unscrewed part way when<br />

pressure against the knob releases the rear sight elevating screw from<br />

the threads of the lock bolt allowing the slide to be moved up. The<br />

rear sight .pointer is screwed on the back side of the elevating base.<br />

c. The elevating slide is graduated and indexed, and provided with<br />

micrometer adjustment by means of the knurled knob located at its<br />

top. The rear sight pointer is screwed to the base to the left of the<br />

elevating slide. The screw hole is elongated to provide for adjustment.<br />

d. The elevating slide is an inverted L-shape. Its top extension<br />

is slotted in the center for the rear sight windage screw at the end of<br />

which is the knurled' rear sight windage knob. The rear sight aperture<br />

is assembled on the rear sight windage screw and is threaded to<br />

remove when the rear sight windage screw knob is turned. The rear<br />

sight aperture disk is screwed into the back of the aperture (fig. 32).<br />

The rear sight windage scale is screwed to the top piece of the<br />

33

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