Great day at the range but....

the front sight on my ASM 1851 flew off!! Rats!! It doesnt appear to be threaded, maybe just pressed in. Is a better fix to drill and tap the hole (I have many different size taps here) and screw a shotgun bead in there? What do you experts say? Kevin.


Maybe something like this?

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/66...ht-125-diameter-6-48-thread-5-64-shank-silver

Well, thank you for the replies gentlemen. These sound do-able. I was hoping no one would say "just cut a dovetail in your barrel". I do all my own garage gunsmithing, but cutting dovetails as out of my realm. What about soldering one on? Im a plumber and have soldered things on this gun before. I filled in the wedge slot some and then proceded to file the slot to my liking in order to have a tighter fit with the wedge. It got loose over 700-800 rounds. Now its nice and tight. Would the heat screw up the blueing on the barrel if I soldered a new sight on? Or is the press fit/ lock tite a better idea?

Well, I decided to try making my own. I took an old ballcock float rod (brass) I had on the truck and put it to my bench grinder. Made a thin part the diameter of a pencil lead, cut it off and soldered it to my barrel. I left it a little high so I can file to adjust as needed. Here it is mostly done, just have to clean it up some. Thank you all for the help. Kevin.