so , not really related to the wrapping of lead but i ran in another issue.
i mounted my faldt diopter to my rifle to find out that the shots came up way to high , due to the milling down of my frontsight i did earlier
for lining up the iron sights at 100 mtrs with my reduced loads.
shooting with the iron sights was getting more and more difficult to do for me , cant see the target straight no more .
ah well... such is life and a long time ago i mounted a time correct repro scope and sidemount [1942] to the rifle , like the M41 rifle at the time.
anyways , i wanted to try the diopter , model FALDT , on this rifle to see how this would work out .
the frontsight was clearly milled to short for this set up as the diopter was set down as low as it would go , so i need a higher post.
drove out the frontsight and looked around at the internet , and yes , they can be ordered , but mostly in america , so thats timeconsuming
and the shippingcosts would not be to shabby either.
after looking closely at the frontsight it didn t seem to be a lot of work to make me one , so i set up my milling machine and with a little milling and some fine filing i ended up with a very nice new frontsight.
i even made the post thinner than original for a better sightpicture , it looks very sharp.
i blackened the sight using a flame and some oil , it worked out very well as it was an instand deep black that cannot be wiped off.
looking forward to do some tests on the range and line up the new sight !