How to remove Lyman 56 from Win 94?

TooTech · Post by **TooTech** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:59 pm

I recently acquired an nice old Winchester 94 that has a Lyman 56 receiver sight mounted. The sight and the area of the receiver around the base are a bit grungy, and I'd like to remove the sight and give everything a thorough cleaning.

Does anyone know how I remove the sight elevation staff from the sight base so that I can get at the screws that hold the base to the receiver?

Thanks!

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:23 pm

TooTech,

You'll have to loosen and remove the locking knob and probably the screw in the center of it, that goes through the left (vertical) side of the aperture bar, into the sight base. Then using the elevation knob raise the elevation till the aperture bar is free.

Under that you'll see two small screws. Remove them and the sight base will come off the receiver.

Be very careful, they maybe LocTited or otherwise grown on there.

Joe

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:39 pm

I think if you loosen the locking knob on the elevation, then push it in, the upright can simply be pulled out the top.

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:55 pm

After removing that old junker sight just send it to me and I'll send you two nice filler screws for the holes.

Pepe Ray · Post by **Pepe Ray** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:09 am

Listen to J Miller
Pepe Ray

TooTech · Post by **TooTech** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:04 pm

Thanks to all who responded - especially those kind souls who were willing to "adopt" this poor Lyman.

Loosening the locking knob and then elevating the staff until the base screws were accessible did the trick.

I got the oil-turned-varnish cleaned off the receiver and the sight, gave everything a squirt of Rem-Oil, and got everything reinstalled with a drop of Lock-tite on the base screws.

Ready to go hunting!

John in MS · Post by **John in MS** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:34 am

Just be careful not to over-tighten the locking screw in the center of the knob on the left side of the sight. If you over-do it (significantly) it can cause noticeable headaches until you get it straightened out... Don't ask me how I know this... Just snug is good, not even approaching "gorilla" tight -- but you do have to have it tight enough to make sure it can't get lost, as it would be very hard to locate a replacement.
Hope this helps,

John

How to remove Lyman 56 from Win 94?

How to remove Lyman 56 from Win 94?

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