=To adjust the panoramic sight.=—Select a well defined point at least
2000 yards distant. If the bore sights are not available, stretch two
threads or hairs from the tail of a horse across the grooves marked
on the face of the muzzle and fasten them by a strap or rubber band.
Remove the firing-lock case from the hub of the block-carrier. By
sighting through the hole in the vent bushing of the breechblock,
adjust the intersection of the cross hairs on the distant point, using
the elevating and traversing mechanisms of the gun. Now without moving
the gun or disturbing the laying of the cross hairs, bring the cross
wires of the panoramic sight on the same distant point by means of the
azimuth scale worm-knob and the scroll gear of the rear sight (_on
panoramic sights_, M1915, _to the deflection R & L scale should first
be made to read 0, and the elevation scale of the objective to read
300_). The cross hairs of the gun and the cross wires of the panoramic
sight will thus be laid on the same point. Now adjust the azimuth
micrometer scale to read 0 by means of unscrewing and tightening the
screw on the milled head. Loosen the nut on the range strip; move it
up or down until it reads (0) 100. Tighten the nut again. Verify the
laying. For this adjustment, it is not necessary to have the wheels or
the carriage on a level platform; cross level should be leveled.
=To adjust the rear sight.=—Having adjusted the panoramic sight and
the rear sight range strip as described above, and without disturbing
the laying of the gun, shift the deflection scale of the peep sight
and raise or lower the front sight until the cross wires of the latter
are laid upon the same distant point. Now loosen the two screws of the
deflection scale and place the 0 of this scale opposite the index of
the peep sight. The front sight is raised or lowered by removing the
split pins and then turning the front sight in the sight bracket sleeve
either up or down.
=To adjust the quadrant.=—(a) If an adjusted B. C. telescope or another
gun with its quadrant in proper adjustment is available, the angle of
site of some distinctly visible and distant point is measured by either
of these means. The gun to be adjusted is then laid upon this distant
point either with the bore sights, or with the tangent sight set at 0
(or some other convenient) range. The measured angle of site is then
set off on the level scale of the quadrant and the bubble of the range
level is centered by turning the handwheel of the range disk. By using
the quadrant wrench, the range disk is then adjusted to read 0 range,
(or the convenient range previously set off on the tangent sight).
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