Originally posted by BigJoe: Why not get a Sig Sauer brand sight pusher?
What SIG brand sight pusher are you referring to? The last sight pusher I’m aware of that SIG sold was for the Classic line pistols, and wouldn’t, as far as I know, work with the P365.
The MGW Sight Pro is an excellent tool and the “shoes” that are available for specific model pistols help ensure that a job can be done right without any unpleasant surprises. The tool is expensive, though, and although I believe the company offers a less pricy model, a search here on the forum should bring up other suggestions as well.
On the other hand, there are fans of the punch and hammer approach. When I’ve had to resort to that method I’ve never been too confident about the results, though, and much prefer a screw operated pusher.
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The classic SIG pusher tool won't work on a P365. I have the tool and three P365s. I've replaced the sights on all of them and used a knock off of the MGW tool. I don't remember where I got it, but it works perfectly. I've used the hammer and punch many times too.
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Do not try the brass punch routine, the sights are tight and that spells trouble.
I bought what I thought was a reasonably good one according to the reviews...It did the job but took a lot of messing around to get it right and not damage the slide. I did two..
Buy a Good one, spend money, talk to Brownells, I can't recommend a particular one, sorry.
Other than a revolver, I haven't found any semi auto pistol that a WHEELER TOOLS sight pusher won't R&R. They look complicated but they're not. Mount it in a bench vice and it's like having that 'third hand'. Find for less than msrp on amazon.
Real avid one looks pretty good to me. Before I was aware of it, I bought this cheap one from Amazon and so far I have used it to adjust the front sight on my Staccato C2 (needed a small amount of adjustment) and to swap the stock sights on my P226 slide to suppressor height sights to cowitness through my optic. Worked just fine on both - take your time, put some masking tape on the slide to make sure you don't mar the finish and it works.
Originally posted by az4783054: Other than a revolver, I haven't found any semi auto pistol that a WHEELER TOOLS sight pusher won't R&R. They look complicated but they're not. Mount it in a bench vice and it's like having that 'third hand'. Find for less than msrp on amazon.
I can also vouch for the Wheeler pusher. Wheeler or Avid, make sure to take your time on the setup and using masking tape on the slide isn’t a bad idea.
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The Wheeler looks like it is a knockoff of the first generation of MGW, and there are various Amazon Chinese copies of the Wheeler. JB's link is representative of these, and I have one under a different name. Watching the MGW video, it appears they thought of several tweaks to improve their first design.
All of these push the sight from above. There is going to be some slop between the pusher and the shaft it rides on, so the pusher will cant slightly. This will cause the pusher to start pushing the sight slightly downward as well as sideways. How much slop there is will depend on the quality of the pusher. Of these, I would think the MGW would be the best.
Looking at the Avid, it appears to do mostly the same as the others, but it does have one pusher that thins out enough to go into the dove tail. This allows you to get very low on the sight which should give more sideways push. The downside to the Avid would be if you have one of the pistols on their no-go list. I'm not sure what disqualifies pistols with a slide safety, but I would guess the Avid is a little more compact, so the pusher is inside its frame, placing it closer to the clamps. This may position the slide where the clamps would be contacting the safety.
I experienced the canting I described while trying to install a front sight on an M&P. They use a very thin metal base for the dove tail. While installing, the pusher lifted up the free end of the sight and this bent the end going into the dove tail. It was fixable, but distressing when I noticed it happening. Maybe the Avid would have down better.
Somewhere in the past I bought a pusher that pushes directly in line with the sight. It was a good concept, but not well executed. It was harder to adjust than the current crop of pushers, and the pushing bolt tended to torque itself off the side of the sight as it was extended.
