O.K...I give up. I bought the sig night sights from CDNN for my XD-9 They are nice(a heck of a bargain for $24), I can't wait to get them installed. What In the wide world of sports do I have to do to get the rear sight off. I have it in a padded vise and have beaten the tar out of it with a 5lb hmmer and a brass punch and it doesn't even budge. Any suggestions??
Springer XD-9 Sights
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JeffC
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Oh, and stand back
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Seriously, You need a heavy hammer and a steel punch, and don't count on saving the old sight.
Oh, and stand back
.Seriously, You need a heavy hammer and a steel punch, and don't count on saving the old sight.
JeffC
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Forgot to ask, are you trying to push the sight out the same way it was driven in? The dovetail might be tapered. Look at the dovetail and notice where the finish was knocked off at the factory, that's the direction you want to drive the sight.
The night sights....... be careful, the vials can crack if you tap on the sights hard enough, better to have a sight pusher if you can get one.
The night sights....... be careful, the vials can crack if you tap on the sights hard enough, better to have a sight pusher if you can get one.
Jay Kominek
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Gunsmith. $15. 5 minutes.
No fuss. No muss. No frustration.
No fuss. No muss. No frustration.
JeffC
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They definitely are in there for the long haul! I needed to make a windage adjustment on my XD and the rear sight refused to budge so I had to move the front. Kimber is another one famous for having sights that won't budge.
Grump
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FREEZING!!??
We want to freeze what's on the inside, while heating what's on the outside, don't we? Warm slide, about 200°F, and get a partner to hold the sizzling dry ice on the sight for a minute before you whack. That's what I would try, along with some Liquid Wrench sprayed on the night before.
We want to freeze what's on the inside, while heating what's on the outside, don't we? Warm slide, about 200°F, and get a partner to hold the sizzling dry ice on the sight for a minute before you whack. That's what I would try, along with some Liquid Wrench sprayed on the night before.
My thought is that if you heat the slide it will expand, making the dovetail tighter. I'm hoping that the sights , being a different alloy than the slide will contract a bit more. And besides that I am all out of Dry Ice, I used it all in dry Martinis.
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