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**Unclenick** · July 13, 2012, 10:43 AM

For just one gun you can usually just put the slide in a padded vice and use a brass drift punch and hammer to tap the sight into position. It's a little slow going if you are being careful not to overshoot. Get a roll of the aluminum foil tape from Lowe's that is used on ducting and put a small strip on the slide up against the sight, then a second one on the sight so its edge butts against the first strip or very close to it. Then set your calipers to the distance you want to change the sight. Use the ID jaws on top to mark the soft foil from the sight to the slide. Those are your correctly spaced registration marks. Then just tap the sight until the opposite end marks on the tape foils align. Peel the tape off (Goo Gone will remove any trace adhesive).

I might not want to try hammering a tritium sight into place, but otherwise. . .

July 13, 2012, 10:43 AM	#4
Unclenick Staff Join Date: March 4, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 21,063	For just one gun you can usually just put the slide in a padded vice and use a brass drift punch and hammer to tap the sight into position. It's a little slow going if you are being careful not to overshoot. Get a roll of the aluminum foil tape from Lowe's that is used on ducting and put a small strip on the slide up against the sight, then a second one on the sight so its edge butts against the first strip or very close to it. Then set your calipers to the distance you want to change the sight. Use the ID jaws on top to mark the soft foil from the sight to the slide. Those are your correctly spaced registration marks. Then just tap the sight until the opposite end marks on the tape foils align. Peel the tape off (Goo Gone will remove any trace adhesive). I might not want to try hammering a tritium sight into place, but otherwise. . . __________________ Gunsite Orange Hat Family Member CMP Certified GSM Master Instructor NRA Certified Rifle Instructor NRA Benefactor Member and Golden Eagle Last edited by Unclenick; July 13, 2012 at 10:56 AM.