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**Mike Irwin** · August 6, 2009, 08:42 PM

When faced with that problem I don't do anything to the dovetail slot, I use the punch on the sight slider itself.

Open the jaws of your bench vice just wide enough to support the upside down slider. Put a thin piece of leather or lead in the vice to protect the sight, then take either a flat nose punch or a prick punch and stake the front and back edges of the slider.

Be gentle, and keep test fitting to where you get the tension that you want.

Replacing a sight slider is a lot easier than replacing the barrel, or cutting a new dovetail because you punched too hard and rolled the edge.

August 6, 2009, 08:42 PM	#11
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	When faced with that problem I don't do anything to the dovetail slot, I use the punch on the sight slider itself. Open the jaws of your bench vice just wide enough to support the upside down slider. Put a thin piece of leather or lead in the vice to protect the sight, then take either a flat nose punch or a prick punch and stake the front and back edges of the slider. Be gentle, and keep test fitting to where you get the tension that you want. Replacing a sight slider is a lot easier than replacing the barrel, or cutting a new dovetail because you punched too hard and rolled the edge. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.