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Bulseyetom Oldtimer Offline Posts: 946 Location: Santa Maria, Ca Joined: Oct 31^st, 2010	How do you remove sight stem on MVA Apr 27^th, 2020 at 6:10pm	Print Post
	I have a MVA LR Soulle sight and bought the knurled screw to make taking the stem off of the base easier. Now I am not a magician so how in the world do you line everything up when you go to reinstall the stem? I was told to push down firmly but what position should the stem be in when you go to push down? If I loosen the base screws everything is easy but with the base on I can only get things lined up about one try out of twenty. There must be a trade secret somewhere. Tom


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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: How do you remove sight stem on MVA Reply #1 - Apr 27^th, 2020 at 7:09pm	Print Post
	If I understand your issue, straight up and down should work. Those Soule knobs get in the way making it a bit more difficult than plain stems.

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Bulseyetom Oldtimer Offline Posts: 946 Location: Santa Maria, Ca Joined: Oct 31^st, 2010	Re: How do you remove sight stem on MVA Reply #2 - Apr 27^th, 2020 at 10:16pm	Print Post
	I hope to tell you they make it more difficult!


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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: How do you remove sight stem on MVA Reply #3 - Apr 28^th, 2020 at 12:04am	Print Post
	I had many years experience on the plain Jane models before Soule became popular and readily available.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: How do you remove sight stem on MVA Reply #4 - Apr 28^th, 2020 at 12:09am	Print Post
	The staff needs to be in the upright position so the detent spring is in the notch, lessening the pressure. It's still not an easy task, and that's why most guys don't switch them among rifles, and just buy another complete sight instead. I used to have several MVA bases and one sight. But got more staffs from MVA when the switching got old.

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singleshotsam Oldtimer Offline Posts: 544 Location: Silver City NM Joined: Jan 15^th, 2009	Re: How do you remove sight stem on MVA Reply #5 - Apr 28^th, 2020 at 7:20am	Print Post
	Tom, Loosen both base mounting screws a couple of turns. This allows the spring under the base to relax removing most of the spring tension on the staff. Then install the sight staff and screw, finally re-tighten the base screws. Loosening the base screws makes the job much easier, not much tension when done this way.


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SSShooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2917 Location: Southern NJ Joined: Aug 1^st, 2010	Re: How do you remove sight stem on MVA Reply #6 - Apr 28^th, 2020 at 7:31am	Print Post
	singleshotsam wrote on Apr 28^th, 2020 at 7:20am: Tom, Loosen both base mounting screws a couple of turns. This allows the spring under the base to relax removing most of the spring tension on the staff. Then install the sight staff and screw, finally re-tighten the base screws. Loosening the base screws makes the job much easier, not much tension when done this way. +1. This is what I do with my MVA sight. Either use the soft Loktite or keep the screws liberally oiled so they are easier to deal with. The problem, of course, is that the shaft must re-aligned to the up-right position if the spring shifts while the screws are losse. Or, get a Hoke sight, which I find considerably easier (though still not what I would call 'easy') to deal with.

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