Elevation screw for Original Mod 50 rear sight

[Elwellaxe]

Hi folks,
I need one of these as in the title as the threads on the lower part of the screw have worn, I have tried John Knibbs who does list them but after waiting months using their "notify me" service, I called this morning & was told it was unlikely they would be getting any more ,I've tried all the spares sellers on the internet to no avail, anyone got any ideas please?
Thanks,
Elwellaxe.

[Elwellaxe]

Thanks for the prompt reply ,officially it is 5.9mm but I measured it at 6mm.
Thanks,
Elwellaxe.

[andrewM]

...And if I can intrude into this thread, I am looking for an elevation screw for an Original 45 - just in case anyone has one of these!

Rgds
A.

[HW777]

Apologies I can't find the adjustment screw.

[steve medlock]

Have a look here. I can recommend Waffencenter Gotha if they have the parts.

https://www.waffencenter-gotha.de/sh...8_265_317.html

[Elwellaxe]

Thanks HW777, it will turn up when your looking for something else.
Thanks also to Steve, that looks promising, unfortunately they are closed until 23rd March but I will certainly follow it up.
Elwellaxe.

[bloodnok]

Is the one you're after the round finger wheel with numbers on the top and detents on the back? Black plastic about 18mm in diameter?

[Elwellaxe]

Long story, are you sitting comfortably?
Firstly this is not my rifle (unfortunately) it belongs someone who was very good to my late brother in law, he knew I was a shooter so he asked me if I could help with his rifle, someone had borrowed it & messed with the internals with a view to increase the power, apparently he gave up on that but couldn't get the trigger to work correctly & some times the gun wouldn't cock. I agreed to have a look, I looked on the net & found out the triggers on these were notoriously difficult to refit in the gun so I decided not to mess. I have an R.F.D .friend who had one of these rifles years ago who offered to have a look, he had worked on his in the past & low & behold gave it back to as smooth as silk & a great trigger. The owner of the gun lives quite a distance from me & we agreed we would get together later on in the year, in the meantime I was welcome to use it one day after a session on the range I noticed the aforementioned screw was loosely sitting on top of the sight, lucky I spotted it, tried to screw it back in but it wouldn't start in. "There's a clue here" that's when the search for a replacement started anyway I am rambling on so yesterday I had a reply from Steve Medlock with a link to a company in Germany with loads of parts so I looked on it & they have the screws listed ,this is the interesting bit, On The diagram of the sight it points out that the screw is right handed thread & in brackets ( older models!) this rifle was made in 1976 so it is not an older model, put the screw in, turned it anti clockwise & in it went My only excuse is old age. now I have to give it back very reluctantly.
Once again thanks to all who replied.
Elwellaxe.
P.S.
Bloornok the wheel is made of steel but otherwise sounds identical.

[bloodnok]

Yup they've got a LH thread. Glad you got sorted.