gb6491
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I have a Charter Undercover that just never has thrown the slugs where the sights are pointing. Well one night, I got the idea in my head to try and tweak the front sight a little to correct it's windage problem. I got it nicely secured in a padded vise, taped the sight off and tried to bend it some with a pair of vise: no go, it won't move, so I move to a punch and BIG hammer.
The thinking (actually, probably wasn't much of it) here was:
if it bends the sight; great.
if it turns the barrel; fine, just check the barrel/cylinder gap and adjust if necessary.
The reality was that I broke the front sight off:
Now, I'm pretty upset with myself, but then I realize since it wasn't hitting where it was aimed before, not having a front sight isn't that big of a deal.
I'll just file the remainder flat.
Flash forward a couple of days, I notice a take off SIG sight in my parts cabinet.
Hmm.., in for penny in for a pound, why not go for it. In hindsight, this actually was, IMO, a good idea; I just should have had a smith mill the dovetail (though it was hard to justify the cost in my mind). Out come the files and sometime later I have a dovetail (actually a trench) cut. No doubt about it, I need to work on my dovetailing. The sight does slide into it, but loosens up after a certain point
. Anyway, a little super glue on the bottom of the sight holds it in place and I'm off to the range. Drifting the sight, I can now correct the windage and make note of the sight's position. That done and back home, I decide to solder the sight in place and do so. To finish, I tape off the barrel, bead blast, Oxpho-Blue, then apply shake and bake paint. The results aren't the best, but not bad (I think?) and the gun now shoots to it's sights. I also learned a thing or two.
What say yea?
Regards,
Greg
The thinking (actually, probably wasn't much of it) here was:
if it bends the sight; great.
if it turns the barrel; fine, just check the barrel/cylinder gap and adjust if necessary.
The reality was that I broke the front sight off:
Now, I'm pretty upset with myself, but then I realize since it wasn't hitting where it was aimed before, not having a front sight isn't that big of a deal.
I'll just file the remainder flat.
Flash forward a couple of days, I notice a take off SIG sight in my parts cabinet.
Hmm.., in for penny in for a pound, why not go for it. In hindsight, this actually was, IMO, a good idea; I just should have had a smith mill the dovetail (though it was hard to justify the cost in my mind). Out come the files and sometime later I have a dovetail (actually a trench) cut. No doubt about it, I need to work on my dovetailing. The sight does slide into it, but loosens up after a certain point
. Anyway, a little super glue on the bottom of the sight holds it in place and I'm off to the range. Drifting the sight, I can now correct the windage and make note of the sight's position. That done and back home, I decide to solder the sight in place and do so. To finish, I tape off the barrel, bead blast, Oxpho-Blue, then apply shake and bake paint. The results aren't the best, but not bad (I think?) and the gun now shoots to it's sights. I also learned a thing or two.What say yea?
Regards,
Greg
