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Title says it all - got a new Dawson fiber optic front sight and I can’t remove the stock one, the son of a gun is staked from the bottom. How do people remove these? I have a BFH and punches but it ain’t budging. I’d hate to send the slide out to someone like Allegheny Gun Works and have a pro do it. Thanks, SB "Shohna ba Shohna - Shoulder to Shoulder" | ||
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How are you going to install the new one if the slide isn't already dovetailed? I have a 1911 with a staked front sight, and if I remove it, I would have to stake another one in its place. There isn't a dovetail for me to work with. If there is a dovetail, I'd drill the staking from the inside, tap the old sight out, and install the new one. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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It’s dovetailed but also a nub (for lack of a better word) sticking out from the bottom of the sight sitting into a hole cut out in the slide. It’s a little redundant in my opinion. Frankly not sure how they got it in there. I’m honestly thinking of grinding it down and drilling it out. SB "Shohna ba Shohna - Shoulder to Shoulder" | |||
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Just send it in, unless you want to risk bubba-ing that beautiful pistol | |||
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It isnt staked, just a tight dovetail, I have removed and changed sights on several 92A1's it is a pretty conventional operation. ***************************** "I don't own the night, I only operate a small franchise" - Author unknown | |||
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| addicted to trailing-throttle oversteer |
The FS on my 92A1 isn't staked. It's just sitting there in the mortise slot. Snug, but still just friction fitted. | |||
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Ok I think you all have helped me better understand the situation-I agree staked isn’t the right word. So with a tight friction fit, I should be able to drive it out with a punch and large hammer, right? I’ve had some stubborn sights before but I whaled on this pretty good and it didn’t budge...all I did was nick up the front sight. I even heated it up with my heat gun and it didn’t budge. Any suggestions? Thanks, SB "Shohna ba Shohna - Shoulder to Shoulder" | |||
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| Freethinker |
Although I know nothing about the gun or sight you’re asking about, perhaps there’s something about yours that’s different from what others are familiar with. Posting a good clear photo of the “nub” at the bottom of the sight might be useful. ► 6.4/93.6 | |||
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Perhaps, too, a device like a sight adjustment tool would work better than a hammer and punch. | |||
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This is exactly why I purchased a good sight pusher. The big MGW one. Get thevpusher blade as low as possible and break it loose. It’s a good investment if you can’t find someone with one. You want the big sight pro model. Not the little specific model. The bigger one has a lot more horsepower due to the way it holds the slide in place. BFH only goes so far before it gets dicey. Personally I find it’s not the hammer as much as it is the vice. You really really need a solid stable vice. Just don’t crimp the slide. Hence the sight pro. | |||
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That's exactly what I had done with mine. Had my LGS try a few different pushers and nothing worked. Took it to AGW and he got it off and put my new sights in. You'd have to send it in though, I drove as he's a little over an hour away. Good luck, that front sight is a bitch sometimes. I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not. | |||
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Success! Well my cheap workbench vise wasn’t securely holding the slide so I devised a new way to clamp it in there so it didn’t move. It was tight but the sight came out, pretty conventional as others have stated. SB "Shohna ba Shohna - Shoulder to Shoulder" | |||
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It's also tapered and directional. Drive out right to left and install left to right | |||
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You are exactly right with the directional thing...I’m sure at one point I was pushing it in tighter instead of out. I read online where it was directional. SB "Shohna ba Shohna - Shoulder to Shoulder" | |||
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I have a Beretta PX4 compact that absolutely won't budge with an MGW sight pro. It is putting a tremendous amount of torque on there but it will not move.All the other pistols I have used it on slid off like they were buttered. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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If you have non nite sights. Try putting the slide in the freezer for a few hours and then beating on the front sight. | |||
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