aldivalloch Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Can anyone help or advise me? A friend dragged his old (boyhood!) Meteor out into the daylight at the weekend, only to find that the rear sight has suffered damage whilst in storage - it's now cracked through where the roll-pin secures it to the lug on the top of the breech. It's the plastic adjustable-for-elevation-and-windage type, and a cursory glance at the T W Chambers site indicates that replacements are no longer available. I've tried to glue it using two-pack stuff similar to Araldite, but it won't hold - perhaps the glue's not compatible with the type of plastic. Does anyone have any suggestions before we start trawling Ebay, etc, for a second-hand replacement? Edited January 10, 2017 by aldivalloch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Can anyone help or advise me? A friend dragged his old (boyhood!) Meteor out into the daylight at the weekend, only to find that the rear sight has suffered damage whilst in storage - it's now cracked through where the roll-pin secures it to the lug on the top of the breech. It's the plastic adjustable-for-elevation-and-windage type, and a cursory glance at the T W Chambers site indicates that replacements are no longer available. I've tried to glue it using two-pack stuff similar to Araldite, but it won't hold - perhaps the glue's not compatible with the type of plastic. Does anyone have any suggestions before we start trawling Ebay, etc, for a second-hand replacement? John Knibbs .... Earlier Meteor £28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldivalloch Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 John Knibbs .... Earlier Meteor £28. Excellent! I'll pass this information on. Many thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 also i think you can get the uprated METAL sight................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldivalloch Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 also i think you can get the uprated METAL sight................. Do you happen to have details of a seller, ditchman? Thanks for taking the time to help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Do you happen to have details of a seller, ditchman? Thanks for taking the time to help out. as K smith said.............a lot of the parts are interchangeble with other models.............J Knibbs......google it...you will get exploded diagrams........failing that i will give you a tele number of a smith who will get the stuff for you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldivalloch Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 as K smith said.............a lot of the parts are interchangeble with other models.............J Knibbs......google it...you will get exploded diagrams........failing that i will give you a tele number of a smith who will get the stuff for you... Thanks again. Will have a look at J Knibbs later, once I've persuaded my pup to stop play-fighting her mother and WRECKING THE HOUSE! Why has she so much ENERGY? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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