MGW Sight Pusher
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rcmodel
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I've used a brass punch and a hammer for about 50 years.
Works perfectly for me.
I have yet to see a sight pusher of any kind that fits .22 round barrels, 30-30 rifle front sight ramps, or pistol slides of every size and shape imaginable ever made.
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I've used a brass punch and a hammer for about 50 years.
Works perfectly for me.
I have yet to see a sight pusher of any kind that fits .22 round barrels, 30-30 rifle front sight ramps, or pistol slides of every size and shape imaginable ever made.
rc
Idk.. I seen it in the Recoil magazine today. Looked it up and they make an adapter to fit just about every popular autoloading pistol. I have a kimber which i paid more than pocket change for and im sketchy about drifting my sights with a punch. Anyhow, I was just wondering
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rcmodel
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I will give you this.
Some brands of guns now come with sights a monkey on crack pressed in with a 5 ton hydraulic press.
But still, if you can't move it without marring it with a brass punch?
You can't move it with a sight pusher either without breaking the sight pusher, or marring the sight & slide.
Thats been my experience anyway.
rc
Some brands of guns now come with sights a monkey on crack pressed in with a 5 ton hydraulic press.
But still, if you can't move it without marring it with a brass punch?
You can't move it with a sight pusher either without breaking the sight pusher, or marring the sight & slide.
Thats been my experience anyway.
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A hard wood dowel will splinter before moving a lot of the new sights the way they are pressing them in now.
Used to be, they fitted the sight to the dovetail so they could be drifted fairly easy.
Anymore, there is no fitting done.
They just stomp them in kicking & screeching.
And let the gun owner worry about how to ever drift them to adjust them.
Some pistol sights (Springfield for instance) are pressed in so tight the best way to get them out to replace them is to mill or saw a slot in them first to relieve the pressure on the dovetail.
rc
Used to be, they fitted the sight to the dovetail so they could be drifted fairly easy.
Anymore, there is no fitting done.
They just stomp them in kicking & screeching.
And let the gun owner worry about how to ever drift them to adjust them.
Some pistol sights (Springfield for instance) are pressed in so tight the best way to get them out to replace them is to mill or saw a slot in them first to relieve the pressure on the dovetail.
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Ive had two, a SIG specific, and currently, a Glock specific, and both have worked great.
The SIG tool did both front and rear, the Glock, just the rear.
With the SIG, using the zero "witness marks", I only ever had to fiddle with one gun after initially installing the sights. All the others were dead on when I got to the range.
The tool also makes sight adjustments at the range very easy, and with a lot more precision than beating on them with a hammer and punch. You also have less worry with the night sights and possibly busting a vial.
I pretty much paid for both tools by selling the old night sights I was replacing with new ones. Sold them on EBay for about half what a new set go for.
The SIG tool did both front and rear, the Glock, just the rear.
With the SIG, using the zero "witness marks", I only ever had to fiddle with one gun after initially installing the sights. All the others were dead on when I got to the range.
The tool also makes sight adjustments at the range very easy, and with a lot more precision than beating on them with a hammer and punch. You also have less worry with the night sights and possibly busting a vial.
I pretty much paid for both tools by selling the old night sights I was replacing with new ones. Sold them on EBay for about half what a new set go for.
Ok, good.. I know that I could move them with a punch but that was more what I was after.. I want to be able to make finite adjustments so I could get my sight alignment perfect with the bore alignment. And I do have night sights and I have heard the gas filled tubes can break using a punch. Thanks for all the input
I've had a couple of guns that were extremely difficult even using a sight pusher. I have no doubt that I would have damaged something trying to punch them out. Talking with other owners of those models who tried a punch, they ended up doing some damage and didn't budge the sights.
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+1 same here
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A piece of fine emery paper should be a part of your sight installation kit. If the sight is overly tight or hard to push in, you want to give its base a couple of swipes across the emery on a flat hard surface. Dont go crazy, do a couple of swipes and check, until you have an easier, but snug fit.
A good pointed punch is also a good thing to have as well. Its used to raise dimples on the flat of the dovetail in the slide, and will help secure loose sights.
A good pointed punch is also a good thing to have as well. Its used to raise dimples on the flat of the dovetail in the slide, and will help secure loose sights.
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