What are the locking screws on a K98?

A sight hood is a U shaped piece of sheet steel that forms a ring around the front sight. It is meant to protect the sight. I have seen many K98's that don't even have milled notches in the sight block to accomadate a sight hood.

The lockign screws are small screws that are placed in the tirrger guard. The main screws holding the trigger guard to the receiver have notches in them, that the head of the locking screw sits in, thus "locking" the screws that hold the rifle together.

Fat_Albert did good by giving you that link. That's a great website about this topic. That said, I've had that same problem with with mine. The magazine and trigger guard are attached to each other, but they can be separated. It helps to remove the trigger guard from the stock first. Even with all the screws out, it still won't drop freely. You'll have to wiggle it out. What works for me is if I hook a finger through the trigger guard and pull back, then push down and keep repeating this motion until the whole piece starts rocking back and forth out of and away from the stock. Then depress that button below the magazine well with someting like an unsharpened pencil, and then slide the bottom vetically up and down until it seperates from the trigger guard. Then you get to check out the cool-looking magazine spring. It's easier to put back together than it is to take apart. Have fun!

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