Windage screws on an FAL won't budge

soak it in pentrating oil over night

then give it a bit of a tighten
then back it off

then give it some more oil

make sure you have the proper sized screw driver, cause once you gar a screw head, it only gets worse

HTH
dZ
 
Are they visibly rusted, or do you think some bonehead Loc-tited them down or something?

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I suggest mounting an electronic optical gunsight instead... an FAL with just iron sights is like a Cobra 427 with just a V6.
 
WHAT??!! YOU MEAN YOU HAVE TO ADJUST THE SIGHTS ON THAT FAL??!! INCONCEIVEABLE!!

Geez, I was recently led to believe that the FAL was the absolute epitome of rifle development, WAY better than the lowly AR could ever hope to be, the AR doesnt even qualify to be on the same rifle rack, yada, yada....

Ya wanna borrow a bigger hammer? ;)

Just kidding. Hey, gentle heat and a properly fitting screwdriver have gotten me out of some tight spots before. Heat also works to soften loctite, if that's the problem. Fitting the screwdriver to the head of the screw and rapping the driver handle with a mallet a few times will sometimes loosen up a tight screw as well.

Hope this helps...
 
Oleg,

Not to be a smart aleck but have you tried loosening one side and then tightening the other. The FAL rear sight is a sort of pusher arrangement. If you want to move it left you loosen the left side screw and then tighten the right side screw.


TT
 
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