How To Adjust The Sights Of Your Hk Rifle

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How to adjust the sights of your HK rifle Sighting in. G3/91 battle sight in. Set the rear sight drum to pos. ”2” and test fire at a distance of 30 meters. The G3/91 has the same POI at 30 and 200 meters using NATO ammo. After firing a test group, calculate the mean point of impact and adjust accordingly. Range 1/4 turn equals

25 m 1 cm

Windage and elevation adjustment Hk 91/G3 100 m 200 m 300 m 3,5 cm 7 cm 10 cm

400 m 15 cm

Bullet trajectory using NATO ammo in a G3/HK 91 sighted in at 30 m, sight drum at 200 m (2) setting.

94/MP 5 Set the rear sight drum to any desired aperture, and test fire at a distance of 25 meters. The 94/MP5 has the same POI at 25 and 75 meters using NATO ammo. After firing a test group, calculate the mean point of impact and adjust accordingly. Windage and elevation adjustment Hk 94/MP5 Range 25 m 1/4 turn equals 1.4 cm

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Sight adjustments. To adjust the sights of HK’s 9x series,G3/33 and MP5 models you will need the following: -HK sight adjustment tool or a forceps/needle nose pliers and a #2 Philips head screwdriver.

Windage adjustment:

Loosen the clamping screw and turn the adjusting screw the desired amount of ¼ turns. Turning the adjusting screw clockwise moves the POI left, counterclockwise moves the POI right.

Elevation adjustment: -HK tool Insert the elevation adjustment tool into the rear sight cylinder in such a manner that the wedges of the tool engage the two splines in the cylinder that contains the catch bolts. Now press the Philips-head screwdriver into the adjustment tool and hold firmly. You can now rotate the rear sight cylinder the desired amount of ¼ turns.

-Pliers/forceps

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Use the Needle nose pliers/forceps to press in the catch bolts. You can now rotate the rear sight cylinder the desired amount of ¼ turns.

Make sure the catch bolts reengage the splines after the adjustment is done. Then turn the sight drum to the desired aperture.

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