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koginam · February 19, 2009, 01:08 AM

A little heat from a heat gun or small torch will make the front sight easier to remove. It doesn't have to be much hotter than 200 degrees which wont hurt the barrel.
As to tools I believe a man that buys cheap tools will get that kind of work from them. A good set of hollow ground screwdrivers, some Swiss files, a small ball peen hammer, a dead blow hammer, a versa vise with soft jaws, a dremel tool, assorted Pliers, punches, an assortment of slave pins, a tipton gun vise, cleaning kit, 6-40, 6-48 taps assorted gun screws, Acru gel kit, surgical tubing, bore lite, wood rasp, barrel channel scrapers, assorted stones, magnifying light, at least that whats on my bench in front of me right now. and many more things as you get deeper into it.

February 19, 2009, 01:08 AM	#8
koginam Member Join Date: August 3, 2006 Posts: 20	A little heat from a heat gun or small torch will make the front sight easier to remove. It doesn't have to be much hotter than 200 degrees which wont hurt the barrel. As to tools I believe a man that buys cheap tools will get that kind of work from them. A good set of hollow ground screwdrivers, some Swiss files, a small ball peen hammer, a dead blow hammer, a versa vise with soft jaws, a dremel tool, assorted Pliers, punches, an assortment of slave pins, a tipton gun vise, cleaning kit, 6-40, 6-48 taps assorted gun screws, Acru gel kit, surgical tubing, bore lite, wood rasp, barrel channel scrapers, assorted stones, magnifying light, at least that whats on my bench in front of me right now. and many more things as you get deeper into it.