You reach inside and drive the old one out with a punch. If it's a very good stake job, it will help to grind off some of the stake with a dental burr in a Dremel first.
Staking a new one will require a staking tool of some sort.
For a one-time job, it's cheaper to leave it to a gunsmith who already has the staking tool.
Especially if you are using a larger, heavier target front, which doesn't like to stay on.
And really especially if you are going to a night sight which is easily broken without proper support.
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