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removing mannlicher rear sight

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I have a new mannlicher sako in 308, looks like it'sunfired. It has rear sights. I'd like to remove them so I can use peep sight. It looks like it is held in place with a single screw. Will I be doing a horrible , irreversible evil if I remove it? I don't plan to ever sell it
 
No problem. Yours is likely the Williams rear sight and can be removed by first losening the lock screw on the sight elevator and sliding the sight blade off, then removing the mounting screw(s) from the sight base. You can find filler screws from some place like Brownell's or perhaps Midway USA.
 
I can confirm that Forster Plug Screws 6-48 x 1/8" work perfectly for this job. Product #: 835122 at Midway USA. Brownells and Numrich did not have them in stock last time I checked.
 
Resurrecting this thread to ask about removing a Mannlicher .308 front sight as well. (Just don't like the ghost image in the scope.) Is it just held on with a single screw? Not silver soldered or anything? Same 6-48 x 1/8" plug screw?
 
It depends on its age. Older front sights were silver soldered in place and when removed leave an unsightly bare patch in the bluing. Later front sights were simply screwed in place. I'm not sure when the changeover occurred, but if you don't see any screw heads in your front sight ramp (or underneath the sight blade), then it is soldered.
 
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