Star Firestar Plus drifting front sight

[DASHMAN77]

I am trying to install night sights on a Star Firestar Plus 9x19 for a customer. The front dove tail is proving to be a pain. I am wondering if drifting in one direction is better than the other. If i am looking down the rear sight, do i drift the front sight out to the left or right. I have tried in both directions and it wont budge. Any help or advise would be welcome.

 

[DASHMAN77]

Got it. Left to right. Soaked in hoppes and pushed right out.

 

[rcmodel]

Unless known otherwise?

Sights & pins are Always drifted out left to right.

On older guns it was the universal rule.

But not always anymore on some new guns.

rc

 

[35acre]

OK, as a novice... is there some special tool you need to remove that front site? I've got the same gun, just got new Trijicon night sites. the rear site was easy, it screwed off. The front site is really on there tight.

I tried soaking in Hoppes for about 4 hours. Then hammered on it a bit with a small bladed screw driver and nothing. I resorted to some PB Blaster and that didn't work either.

I'm stuck (and so is it):
I saw above left to right, but the thing still won't budge.

Any ideas?

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[Drail]

Put the screwdriver away. You need a large brass punch and a medium/heavy weight ball peen hammer and you need to secure the slide in a heavy vise bolted to a bench. Then it will come out.

 

[35acre]

Does it have to be brass?

 

[rcmodel]

Yes.

Nylon is too soft to give a solid hit.
HardWood is hard enough but will split.
Steel is too hard and will mar the sight or the slide.

If you have a medium size steel punch & hammer, and a vice?

Slip a fired cartridge case over the end of the punch and wail away!!

rc

 

[35acre]

Well that worked! Thanks. The trick was "wail away". I threw a .45 cartridge on the end of the punch. Then put it against the front site and tapped it out.

The new one went in pretty easy.