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Yes the MGW Sight Pro (the one with the cut for long underlugs) works for all three. Sell the two you have and buy the above. After the initial purchase it’s like 20 bucks for a shoe for particular guns. Around here you could probably borrow the shoe easy enough.

It takes longer to setup but it also completely supports the slide rails and you can get the pusher as low as possible for hard to push sights.

Other than cost, you won’t regret it.
 
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Sight-tool for me too. The MGW tool is excellent, but the notion of buying all the shoes was a no-go for me.


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I'd like to see somebody make one that is universal that operates similarly to the factory APX tool. The sight is pushed by a screw with the tip flattened and rounded so that it pushes the full force directly onto the side of the sight and doesn't create any lateral torque because the force is coming from above the body. The downside would be that you could only move the sight from one side so you would either need to put a threaded hole on each side for the pusher, or you'd have to turn the slide around. Not sure how this would work with taped tapered sights, either, but the idea would be most similar to the way force from a hammer and punch are imparted on a sight.
 
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Actually, this one looks like it pushes the sight the way I describe. Anybody have one?

https://sightpusher.com/produc...-handgun-sight-tool/
 
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Actually, this one looks like it pushes the sight the way I describe. Anybody have one?

https://sightpusher.com/produc...-handgun-sight-tool/


I built a sight pusher similar to that one, not quite as nice though.
If I had seen that one I would have gotten it over the Wheeler. Which does work very well but was more than the X2.

Had to go youtube it and it looks pretty slick.
 
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I bought one of the Sight-Tool ones to try to move the very stubborn rear sight on my Colt Defender that my LGS had been unable to move. I applied more force than I though wise. Would not budge it, but the tool didn't self-destruct, either. I regard that as a good sign. I haven't yet had other cause to use it.

The thing gets 4.7 out of 5 stars on Amazon and he's got 100% positive feedback on eBay. Btw: It's $65 on eBay and free shipping.

As for the Colt's rear sight: It took a very experienced smith, a steel punch, a substantial hammer, and solid blows to move that sight. He said there wasn't a sight pusher made that would have moved that sight.



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Link shows I purchased the sight-tool in May 2017. Good quality. Glad they're still in business.
what web site was that?
 
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I bought mine on eBay in June after talking to the owner. Exact same tool but cheaper. Ships direct from manufacturer .....Amazon has a markup on it.

Well built.....


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Yes the MGW Sight Pro (the one with the cut for long underlugs) works for all three. Sell the two you have and buy the above. After the initial purchase it’s like 20 bucks for a shoe for particular guns. Around here you could probably borrow the shoe easy enough.

It takes longer to setup but it also completely supports the slide rails and you can get the pusher as low as possible for hard to push sights.

Other than cost, you won’t regret it.


Bingo. This says it all.

I've had mine for several years now and love it!




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The MGS Sight Pro is an excellent tool. Takes all of the stress out of swapping sights.






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