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September 7, 2018, 10:34 AM | #1 |
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How to Properly Install Sights on your Pistol
Hey guys, so i just uploaded a new video on my youtube channel on how to install sights on your pistol without the use of sight pushers. its very simple and not many tools are needed to complete the job. i hope this helps some of you out. If you havent already done so hit the subscribe button on my youtube channel to show some support and help the channel grow. Thanks guys.
https://youtu.be/UOPk2e19lRM
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This video illustrates the danger of free education via inter web/U-tube. It’s good for regular sights but If you are installing Tritium sights, don’t hammer on it with a drift. You don’t want to break the tritium vials. Better to make a brass pusher that fits the sight and mount it in a drill press. With the slide in a vise that is clamped down, press it in. You don’t need power. Just lower the chuck with the pusher the same as you would a drill bit.
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You're doing it wrong.
The correct answer is HIDEOUS 3D-printed sights held on with hose clamps. (Yes, they did work. No, they were not easy on the eyes.)
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I know you said without a sight pusher, but I bought one of these a few years back and it has been worth every penny.
https://www.amazon.com/Sight-Master-.../dp/B00BD65Y4C |
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3D print one!
That infamous group of files floating around that has the anti's panties in a bunch? Yup you know the one, Defcad.
There is a very good Glock sight pusher among those files. A 1/4 20 screw and nut complete the 3D printed parts. Actually might be 5/16" 18 screw and nut can't remember right off. Cost is about 3 bucks worth of PLA or ABS, if that. Works great. I would recommend ABS for it's strength.
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September 8, 2018, 06:50 PM | #7 |
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Incorrect the method can be used for any firearm with dovetail sights.
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. It's purpose for being made of steel is in case you accidently drop your firearm and it so happens to fall on your sights it will not damage the vials and cause your night sights to stop working.
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Lmao nice. I got a good laugh with that one. Bet it worked in a pinch.
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It worked quite well. With another successful 3D printed sight test fire completed this past weekend (a Bubba'd Jap Type 38), I've learned a lot about sight design, various attachment methods, and much more about how to 3D print usable sights. (The beginning of all these 3D printed sights was a Marlin 336 sight that I was prototyping. ...But that's another subject, and I don't count the design evolution.) Anyway... I didn't mean to sidetrack or hijack. With everyone else saying were doing it wrong, I figured I'd add some levity to the conversation.
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Thanks. I do enjoy the knowledge, experience, and common passion here, as well. Some people irritate me. I irritate some people. But, overall, I keep coming back. I like it here.
I actually ended up posting a photo of the "raw" sight the day after my reply here, in another thread. It's post #9 in this thread, if you're curious.
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