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Old March 31, 2014, 09:39 AM   #1
joe45c
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Join Date: January 22, 2012
Location: peru ny
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stubborn rear sight removal

I'm trying to get a rear sight out of a dovetail in a browning sa-.22. I have used pb blaster solvent on it and soaked it in hppes #9 for a couple of days. I have the barrel in a padded vice been using brass punches on it, and their tips are taking a beating, and the sight has not budged. I also have removed the part of the sight that flips up and down, so all that is left is the sight base in the dovetail. this has given me a better surface to strike as opposed to the outside of the sight base where it contacts the barrel. I am working left to right. I don't care if the sight base is lost, because I am putting a scope on the gun. I think the sight base and the guns dovetail have become one, and I'm thinking this may end up in a gunsmiths hands and have to be drumeled out. any thoughts on trying something else?
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